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python-django — security advisory
The django.core.urlresolvers.reverse function in Django before 1.4.11, 1.5.x before 1.5.6, 1.6.x before 1.6.3, and 1.7.x before 1.7 beta 2 allows remote attackers to import and execute arbitrary Python modules by leveraging a view that constructs URLs using user input and a "dotted Python path."
- Products
- python-django
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1.6.3-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2014-0472
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 21:40 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The django.core.urlresolvers.reverse function in Django before 1.4.11, 1.5.x before 1.5.6, 1.6.x before 1.6.3, and 1.7.x before 1.7 beta 2 allows remote attackers to import and execute arbitrary Python modules by leveraging a view that constructs URLs using user input and a "dotted Python path."
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0472
python-django
Fixed versions: 1.6.3-1
python-django
Fixed versions: 1.6.3-1
python-django
Fixed versions: 1.6.3-1
Complete source record
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