GHSA-7qfw-j7hp-v45g is a medium-severity (CVSS 5.3) CWE-17 vulnerability in django. 1 public exploit reference exists, so weaponization risk is real. A fix is available for django — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Django WSGI Header Spoofing Vulnerability
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
How urgent is this, really
GHSA-7qfw-j7hp-v45g plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 377,166 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
Real-World Exposure
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Description
Django before 1.4.18, 1.6.x before 1.6.10, and 1.7.x before 1.7.3 allows remote attackers to spoof WSGI headers by using an _ (underscore) character instead of a - (dash) character in an HTTP header, as demonstrated by an X-Auth_User header.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐍PyPI | django | all versions | 1.4.18pip install --upgrade 'django==1.4.18' |
| 🐍PyPI | django | ≥ 1.6&&< 1.6.10 | 1.6.10pip install --upgrade 'django==1.6.10' |
| 🐍PyPI | django | ≥ 1.7&&< 1.7.3 | 1.7.3pip install --upgrade 'django==1.7.3' |
Research use only. For defensive security, authorized penetration testing, and academic research only. Never execute exploit code against systems without explicit written authorization.
Detection & 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 1.4.18 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-7qfw-j7hp-v45g is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like GHSA-7qfw-j7hp-v45g can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to GHSA-7qfw-j7hp-v45g. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-7qfw-j7hp-v45g in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds GHSA-7qfw-j7hp-v45g across PyPI dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.