Information Exposure Affecting python-django package, versions <1.4.4-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.59% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-PYTHONDJANGO-18533273
  • published5 Aug 2026
  • disclosed3 Apr 2013

Introduced: 3 Apr 2013

CVE-2013-1665  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest python-django to version 1.4.4-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python-django package and not the python-django package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

The XML libraries for Python 3.4, 3.3, 3.2, 3.1, 2.7, and 2.6, as used in OpenStack Keystone Essex and Folsom, Django, and possibly other products allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, aka an XML External Entity (XXE) attack.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1