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CVE-2024-11404
medium
CVSS 5.5
Vulnerability in django-filer (CVE-2024-11404)
Summary
vulnerability in django-filer (CVE-2024-11404). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to `3.3.0` or later.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2024-11404** has been found in django-filer.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10.
What to do: upgrade django-filer to **3.3.0** or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "django-filer CVE-2024-11404" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2024-11404 (django-filer) — CWE-20 / CVSS v3 5.5
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable)
Patched: `3.3.0` — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**A vulnerability** (CWE-20) exists in django-filer.
📍 Affected scope
django-filer — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.5/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure
🔧 How to fix
Update to **3.3.0**.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'django-filer' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'django-filer' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `django-filer` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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6Apply patch patch
Upgrade django-filer to 3.3.0ステージング環境で 3.3.0 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスと、Step 3 で見つけた異常検知の続報チェックを含めること。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
pip
django-filer
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.3.0"}]}]
PyPI
django-filer
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.3.0"}]}]
References
- advisory https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11404
- package https://github.com/django-cms/django-filer
- web [email protected]
- web [email protected]
- web https://siberguvenlik.gov.tr/guvenlik-bildirimleri/detay/tr-24-1864
- web [email protected]
- web https://www.usom.gov.tr/bildirim/tr-24-1864
- web https://iltosec.com/blog/post/djangocms-attributes-field-300-stored-xss-vulnerability
- web https://pypi.org/project/django-filer
- web https://www.django-cms.org/en/blog/2024/11/19/security-updates-for-django-filer-and-django-cms-attributes-field
- web https://iltosec.com/blog/post/cve-2024-11404-medium-severity-file-upload-vulnerabilities-in-django-filer-323
- web https://github.com/django-cms/django-filer/commit/f8209a6507680661bd134cd30878993b79ef3344
- web https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j4v3-wwwx-5gqv