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CVE-2024-45231 — Vulnerability in django — CVE Details

MEDIUM

Django allows enumeration of user e-mail addresses

Published October 8, 2024Updated July 7, 2026Source: osv

What Should I Do?

Address in Next Maintenance Window

Low exploitation probability (0.16%). Schedule for your next planned update.

Summary

An issue was discovered in Django v5.1.1, v5.0.9, and v4.2.16. The django.contrib.auth.forms.PasswordResetForm class, when used in a view implementing password reset flows, allows remote attackers to enumerate user e-mail addresses by sending password reset requests and observing the outcome (only when e-mail sending is consistently failing).

Advisory Timeline

  • First published October 8, 2024 (734 days ago).
  • Last revised July 7, 2026 — 637 days after initial publication.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

pip
Update django to 5.1.1 or later
pip install "django>=5.1.1"
pip
Update django to 4.2.16 or later
pip install "django>=4.2.16"
pip
Update django to 5.0.9 or later
pip install "django>=5.0.9"

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
5.15.1.1
django
pypi
1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4 (+348 more)4.2.16
django
pypi
5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.0.3 (+5 more)5.0.9

Vulnerability Classification

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

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 3.7 score means for each attack dimension.

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

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

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-45231?
Django allows enumeration of user e-mail addresses This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of MEDIUM (CVSS score: 3.7/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2024-45231?
CVE-2024-45231 affects django. It has a 0.2% probability of exploitation within 30 days (EPSS score). Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2024-45231 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score
3.7

Exploitation is difficult or impact is minor. Address in your next planned update.

EPSS Score (30-day exploit probability)
0.16%
Higher than 37% of vulnerabilities

This is a below-median EPSS score — only 36.9% of tracked vulnerabilities score at or below it, so most tracked vulnerabilities are considered more likely to be exploited than this one.

Also Known As

GHSA-rrqc-c2jx-6jgv
BIT-django-2024-45231
PYSEC-2026-1297

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