Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-45452

Medium

Published: 05 January 2022

Published
05 January 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0024 47.1th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-45452 is a medium-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Djangoproject Django. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 47.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Storage.save in Django 2.2 before 2.2.26, 3.2 before 3.2.11, and 4.0 before 4.0.1 allows directory traversal if crafted filenames are directly passed to it.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

djangoproject
django
2.2 — 2.2.26 · 3.2 — 3.2.11 · 4.0 — 4.0.1
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.

addresses: CWE-22

Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.

References