Description
An issue was discovered in Django 2.2 before 2.2.26, 3.2 before 3.2.11, and 4.0 before 4.0.1. UserAttributeSimilarityValidator incurred significant overhead in evaluating a submitted password that was artificially large in relation to the comparison values. In a situation where access to user registration was unrestricted, this provided a potential vector for a denial-of-service attack.
Remediation
References
Related Vulnerabilities
WordPress 5.2.x Multiple Vulnerabilities (5.2 - 5.2.17)
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XWiki Improper Handling of Insufficient Privileges Vulnerability (CVE-2024-21648)
WordPress 5.1.x Directory Traversal (5.1 - 5.1.18)
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