File Upload Bypass in django Filer
Priority LOW 25CWE-434Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution, Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-434 and CWE-80.
Summary
Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type, Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) vulnerability in django CMS Association django Filer allows Input Data Manipulation, Stored XSS. This issue affects django Filer: from 3 before 3.3.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00379 32nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed django Filer (django CMS Association): 3.3django-filer (PyPI): 3.3.0
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| django CMS Association | django Filer | 3 to before 3.3 | 3.3 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | django-filer (PyPI) | before 3.3.0 | 3.3.0 | Patch available | GHSA-j4v3-wwwx-5gqv |
- django Filer Vendordjango CMS Association Affected 3 to before 3.3 Fixed in 3.3 Patch available CNA
- django-filer (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 3.3.0 Fixed in 3.3.0 Patch available GHSA-j4v3-wwwx-5gqv
Remediation
- Fix · CNA django Filer (django CMS Association) Fixed in 3.3
- Fix · GHSA-j4v3-wwwx-5gqv django-filer (PyPI) Fixed in 3.3.0 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-11404
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j4v3-wwwx-5gqv
References
Other 11
- https://www.usom.gov.tr/bildirim/tr-24-1864
- https://www.django-cms.org/en/blog/2024/11/19/security-updates-for-django-filer-and-django-cms-attributes-field/
- https://iltosec.com/blog/post/cve-2024-11404-medium-severity-file-upload-vulnerabilities-in-django-filer-323/
- https://pypi.org/project/django-filer/
- https://siberguvenlik.gov.tr/guvenlik-bildirimleri/detay/tr-24-1864
- https://github.com/django-cms/django-filer/commit/f8209a6507680661bd134cd30878993b79ef3344
- https://github.com/django-cms/django-filer
- https://iltosec.com/blog/post/cve-2024-11404-medium-severity-file-upload-vulnerabilities-in-django-filer-323
- https://iltosec.com/blog/post/djangocms-attributes-field-300-stored-xss-vulnerability
- https://pypi.org/project/django-filer
- https://www.django-cms.org/en/blog/2024/11/19/security-updates-for-django-filer-and-django-cms-attributes-field
More django CMS Association vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-10569 Stored XSS in django CMS Attributes Fields CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.9
Sources
- CVE-2024-11404 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-11404 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-j4v3-wwwx-5gqv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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