CVE-2013-0306
MEDIUM5.3EPSS 0.21%Django is vulnerable to Denial of Service attack in formset
Published: 5/5/2022Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
The form library in Django 1.3.x before 1.3.6, 1.4.x before 1.4.4, and 1.5 before release candidate 2 allows remote attackers to bypass intended resource limits for formsets and cause a denial of service (memory consumption) or trigger server errors via a modified max_num parameter.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/python-djangofrom 0, < 1.4.4-1
- PyPI/django>= 1.3, < 1.3.6
- PyPI/django>= 1.3, < 1.3.6, >= 1.4, < 1.4.4
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
References (11)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0306
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-0306
- ADVISORYhttps://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2013/feb/19/security/
- PATCHhttps://github.com/django/django
- WEBhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0670.html
- WEBhttps://github.com/django/django/commit/0cc350a896f70ace18280410eb616a9197d862b0
- WEBhttps://github.com/django/django/commit/d7094bbce8cb838f3b40f504f198c098ff1cf727
- WEBhttps://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2013-17.yaml
- WEBhttps://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2013/feb/19/security
- WEBhttp://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1757-1
- WEBhttp://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2634