Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-35042

Critical

Published: 02 July 2021

Published
02 July 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
—
Patch
02 July 2021
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.9090 99.6th percentile
Risk Priority 74 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-35042 is a critical-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Djangoproject Django. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 0.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Django 3.1.x before 3.1.13 and 3.2.x before 3.2.5 allows QuerySet.order_by SQL injection if order_by is untrusted input from a client of a web application.

CWE(s)
CWE-89

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

djangoproject
django
3.1 — 3.1.13 · 3.2 — 3.2.5
fedoraproject
fedora
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Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-89

Penetration testing uses SQL injection payloads against database interfaces, identifying and supporting fixes for SQL injection weaknesses.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-89

Validates query inputs to prevent SQL syntax or command manipulation.

References