Quick answers
- Is CVE-2015-5081 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2015-5081 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2015-5081?
- Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3, published 18 August 2017.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- django-cms (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=3.0.14, GIT:introduced=0,fixed=f77cbc607d6e2a62e63287d37ad320109a2cc78a|ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=3.0.14,introduced=3.1,fixed=3.1.1.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2015-5081?
- Yes. django-cms (PyPI): upgrade to 3.0.14, 3.1.1 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
- How is CVE-2015-5081 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network.
- Am I affected by CVE-2015-5081?
- Check whether you run django-cms (PyPI) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
How to fix
- django-cms (PyPI): upgrade to 3.0.14, 3.1.1 or later
pip install "django-cms>=3.1.1"
Technical details
The vulnerability is a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability (CWE-352) in django-cms versions before 3.0.14 and 3.1.x before 3.1.1. Sensitive admin endpoints handling page management operations, such as `change_template`, `move_page`, and `copy_language`, lacked proper CSRF protection via POST-only decorators (e.g., `@require_POST`). An attacker can craft a malicious webpage that, when visited by an authenticated administrator, silently triggers unintended administrative actions. The fix involves adding CSRF protection decorators to affected endpoints. Patches are available in versions 3.0.14 and 3.1.1 and later.
Affected products
- Django CMS django-cms before 3.0.14, 3.1.x before 3.1.1
Identifiers
- CVE-2015-5081
- GHSA-2pqc-gv8q-pvqv
- PYSEC-2017-11
Timeline
- 2015-06-27: disclosed
- 2015-06-27: patched: Fixed in versions 3.0.14 and 3.1.1