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CVE-2009-2659

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-2659 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in the Admin media handler of Django 1.0 and 0.96. This flaw allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by crafting a malicious URL. With a CVSS score of 5.0, it is a medium-severity vulnerability, requiring no authentication or complex attack vectors, and primarily impacts confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.96CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:django_project:django:0.96:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:django_project:django:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0226 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: DjangoFixed in: 0.96.4
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: DjangoFixed in: 1.0.3

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-9xg7-gg9m-rmq9high

Django Admin Media Handler Vulnerable to Directory Traversal

May 2, 2022
redhatCVE-2009-2659Moderate

Django directory traversal flaw

Jul 29, 2009

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
code.djangoproject.com / changeset/11353
secunia.com / advisories/36137
secunia.com / advisories/36153
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00055.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00069.html
djangoproject.com / weblog/2009/jul/28/security
PatchVendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2009/07/29/2
securityfocus.com / bid/35859