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CVE-2021-35042 — SQL Injection in django — CVE Details

CRITICAL

SQL Injection in Django

Published September 22, 2021Updated February 21, 2025Source: osv

What Should I Do?

Fix in Your Next Sprint

This vulnerability has a 89.86% chance of being exploited within 30 days.

Summary

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.

Advisory Timeline

  • First published September 22, 2021 (1846 days ago).
  • Last revised February 21, 2025 — 1247 days after initial publication.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

pip
Update django to 3.2.5 or later
pip install "django>=3.2.5"
pip
Update django to 3.1.13 or later
pip install "django>=3.1.13"

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

Affected Packages (2)

Affects 1 ecosystem: pypi (1).

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed In
django
pypi
3.2, 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.3 (+4 more)3.2.5
django
pypi
3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.10, 3.0.11 (+30 more)3.1.13

Vulnerability Classification

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

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 9.8 score means for each attack dimension.

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

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

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2021-35042?
SQL Injection in Django This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of CRITICAL (CVSS score: 9.8/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2021-35042?
CVE-2021-35042 affects django. It has a 89.9% probability of exploitation within 30 days (EPSS score). Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2021-35042 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score
9.8

Exploitation is straightforward and causes maximum impact. Patch immediately.

EPSS Score (30-day exploit probability)
89.86%
Higher than 100% of vulnerabilities

This places it in the top 5% of EPSS-scored vulnerabilities — 99.6% of tracked vulnerabilities score at or below it, so it is far more likely to be exploited than nearly all other tracked vulnerabilities.

Also Known As

GHSA-xpfp-f569-q3p2
BIT-django-2021-35042
PYSEC-2021-109

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