5.4
MEDIUM
CVE-2023-33185
AWS Django-SES Secure Certificate Verification shines
Description

Django-SES is a drop-in mail backend for Django. The django_ses library implements a mail backend for Django using AWS Simple Email Service. The library exports the `SESEventWebhookView class` intended to receive signed requests from AWS to handle email bounces, subscriptions, etc. These requests are signed by AWS and are verified by django_ses, however the verification of this signature was found to be flawed as it allowed users to specify arbitrary public certificates. This issue was patched in version 3.5.0.

INFO

Published Date :

May 26, 2023, 9:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 8:05 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.5

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-33185 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 Django-ses_project django-ses

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/django-ses/django-ses/blob/3d627067935876487f9938310d5e1fbb249a7778/CVE/001-cert-url-signature-verification.md
    Added Reference https://github.com/django-ses/django-ses/commit/b71b5f413293a13997b6e6314086cb9c22629795
    Added Reference https://github.com/django-ses/django-ses/security/advisories/GHSA-qg36-9jxh-fj25
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 06, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/django-ses/django-ses/blob/3d627067935876487f9938310d5e1fbb249a7778/CVE/001-cert-url-signature-verification.md No Types Assigned https://github.com/django-ses/django-ses/blob/3d627067935876487f9938310d5e1fbb249a7778/CVE/001-cert-url-signature-verification.md Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/django-ses/django-ses/commit/b71b5f413293a13997b6e6314086cb9c22629795 No Types Assigned https://github.com/django-ses/django-ses/commit/b71b5f413293a13997b6e6314086cb9c22629795 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/django-ses/django-ses/security/advisories/GHSA-qg36-9jxh-fj25 No Types Assigned https://github.com/django-ses/django-ses/security/advisories/GHSA-qg36-9jxh-fj25 Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-347
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:django-ses_project:django-ses:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 3.5.0
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Exploit Prediction

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

0.06 }} -0.01%

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0.17112

percentile

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