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CVE-2020-24583 — Vulnerability in django — CVE Details

HIGH

Django Incorrect Default Permissions

Published March 18, 2021Updated September 18, 2024Source: osv

What Should I Do?

Address in Next Maintenance Window

Low exploitation probability (3.43%). Schedule for your next planned update.

Summary

An issue was discovered in Django 2.2 before 2.2.16, 3.0 before 3.0.10, and 3.1 before 3.1.1 (when Python 3.7+ is used). FILE_UPLOAD_DIRECTORY_PERMISSIONS mode was not applied to intermediate-level directories created in the process of uploading files. It was also not applied to intermediate-level collected static directories when using the collectstatic management command.

Advisory Timeline

  • First published March 18, 2021 (2034 days ago).
  • Last revised September 18, 2024 — 1280 days after initial publication.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

pip
Update django to 2.2.16 or later
pip install "django>=2.2.16"
pip
Update django to 3.1.1 or later
pip install "django>=3.1.1"
pip
Update django to 3.0.10 or later
pip install "django>=3.0.10"

After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.

Affected Packages (3)

Affects 1 ecosystem: pypi (1).

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed In
django
pypi
2.2, 2.2.1, 2.2.10, 2.2.11 (+15 more)2.2.16
django
pypi
3.1, 3.1a1, 3.1b1, 3.1rc13.1.1
django
pypi
3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3 (+9 more)3.0.10

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

  • CWE-276
    Incorrect Default PermissionsMITRE

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 7.5 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2020-24583?
Django Incorrect Default Permissions This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of HIGH (CVSS score: 7.5/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2020-24583?
CVE-2020-24583 affects django. It has a 3.4% probability of exploitation within 30 days (EPSS score). Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2020-24583 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score
7.5

High exploitability or significant impact. Prioritize remediation within days.

EPSS Score (30-day exploit probability)
3.43%
Higher than 87% of vulnerabilities

This places it in the top quartile of EPSS-scored vulnerabilities — 87.2% of tracked vulnerabilities score at or below it, so it is more likely to be exploited than most of the tracked corpus.

Also Known As

GHSA-m6gj-h9gm-gw44
BIT-django-2020-24583
PYSEC-2020-33

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