CVE-2025-13473 (GCVE-0-2025-13473)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-03 14:32 – Updated: 2026-02-03 16:19
VLAI
Title
Username enumeration through timing difference in mod_wsgi authentication handler
Summary
An issue was discovered in 6.0 before 6.0.2, 5.2 before 5.2.11, and 4.2 before 4.2.28. The `django.contrib.auth.handlers.modwsgi.check_password()` function for authentication via `mod_wsgi` allows remote attackers to enumerate users via a timing attack. Earlier, unsupported Django series (such as 5.0.x, 4.1.x, and 3.2.x) were not evaluated and may also be affected. Django would like to thank Stackered for reporting this issue.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-208 - Observable Timing Discrepancy
Assigner
DSF
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
djangoproject Django Affected: 6.0 , < 6.0.2 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.0.2 (semver)
Affected: 5.2 , < 5.2.11 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.2.11 (semver)
Affected: 4.2 , < 4.2.28 (semver)
Unaffected: 4.2.28 (semver)
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Date Public
2026-02-03 08:00
Credits
Stackered Jake Howard Jacob Walls
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