CVE-2013-0305 is a medium-severity (CVSS 4.3) Information Exposure vulnerability in django. A fix is available for django — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Django Data leakage via admin history log
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
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Real-World Exposure
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Description
The administrative interface for Django 1.3.x before 1.3.6, 1.4.x before 1.4.4, and 1.5 before release candidate 2 does not check permissions for the history view, which allows remote authenticated administrators to obtain sensitive object history information.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐍PyPI | django | ≥ 1.3&&< 1.3.6 | 1.3.6pip install --upgrade 'django==1.3.6' |
| 🐍PyPI | django | ≥ 1.4&&< 1.4.4 | 1.4.4pip install --upgrade 'django==1.4.4' |
Affected Products
ubuntu linuxcanonicaldjangodjangoprojectDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for django, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update django to 1.3.6 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2013-0305 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Assume what was exposed is already known: rotate any credential, token or key that the affected component could return, restrict the endpoint to callers that genuinely need it, and strip sensitive fields from responses and error output at the boundary rather than relying on the client not to read them.
Fixing This On Your OS
If you run this on a Linux distribution, patch through your package manager against the distro's own security advisory below — it tracks the exact backported fix for your release, which can ship on a different timeline (and sometimes a different severity) than the upstream project.
| Product | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|
| OpenStack Folsom for RHEL 6 | Django14-0:1.4.4-1.el6ost | RHSA-2013:0670 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2013-0305 in your dependencies?
Find it across PyPI, including transitive dependencies.