Summary

Acunetix 360 detected Django debug mode is enabled, so the target web server is disclosing some system information data in the HTTP response.

Debug mode enables extra debugging behaviors that assist developers, as well as attackers.

Impact

An attacker can obtain information such as:
  • Exact Django & Python version.
  • Used database type, database user name, current database name.
  • Details of the Django project configuration.
  • Internal file paths.
  • Exception-generated source code, local variables and their values.
This information might help an attacker gain more information and potentially to focus on the development of further attacks to the target system.

Remediation

Apply the following changes on your Django settings file to prevent this problem: set DEBUG option to False.

Severity

Low

Classification

PCI v3.2-6.5.5 CAPEC-214 CWE-16 ISO27001-A.18.1.3 WASC-14 OWASP 2013-A5 OWASP 2017-A6