5.3
MEDIUM
CVE-2021-3281
Django Absolute Path Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Description

In Django 2.2 before 2.2.18, 3.0 before 3.0.12, and 3.1 before 3.1.6, the django.utils.archive.extract method (used by "startapp --template" and "startproject --template") allows directory traversal via an archive with absolute paths or relative paths with dot segments.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 2, 2021, 7:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 3:37 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

1.4

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2021-3281 has a 3 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-3281 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Netapp snapcenter
1 Djangoproject django
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

CVE PoC

security poc cve security-vulnerability cve-2020-7471 cve-2019-19844 cve-2021-3281 cve-2021-41773 apache django cve-2018-11776 hxddd cve-2020-9484 cve-2019-11043

Updated: 2 years, 7 months ago
3 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Aug. 24, 2021, 2:19 a.m. This repo has been linked 10 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 2 years, 9 months ago
2 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 5, 2021, 8:25 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

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Updated: 2 months ago
1 stars 56 fork 56 watcher
Born at : April 7, 2021, 11:16 a.m. This repo has been linked 1007 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-3281 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-3281 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YF52FKEH5S2P5CM4X7IXSYG67YY2CDOO/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/django-announce
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YF52FKEH5S2P5CM4X7IXSYG67YY2CDOO/
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 05, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YF52FKEH5S2P5CM4X7IXSYG67YY2CDOO/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YF52FKEH5S2P5CM4X7IXSYG67YY2CDOO/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210226-0004/ No Types Assigned https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210226-0004/ Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:netapp:snapcenter:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 26, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210226-0004/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 19, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YF52FKEH5S2P5CM4X7IXSYG67YY2CDOO/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YF52FKEH5S2P5CM4X7IXSYG67YY2CDOO/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 13, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YF52FKEH5S2P5CM4X7IXSYG67YY2CDOO/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 05, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/releases/security/ No Types Assigned https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/releases/security/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/django-announce No Types Assigned https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/django-announce Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2021/feb/01/security-releases/ No Types Assigned https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2021/feb/01/security-releases/ Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-22
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.2 up to (excluding) 2.2.18 *cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.0 up to (excluding) 3.0.12 *cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.1 up to (excluding) 3.1.6
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-3281 is associated with the following CWEs:

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.18 }} 0.03%

score

0.55885

percentile

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