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3.1

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CVE-2024-11404

CVE-2024-11404: django Filer Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type, Improper Input Validation, 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.

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CVE-2024-11404

CVE-2024-11404:

5.5

CVSS Score

3.1

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Technical Details

Package Name	Ecosystem	Vulnerable Versions	First Patched Version
django-filer	pip	< 3.3.0	3.3.0

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Root Cause Analysis

The vulnerability stems from improper input validation and unrestricted file uploads. The patch explicitly adds 'application/octet-stream' to FILE_VALIDATORS with a 'deny' rule, indicating this MIME type was previously unvalidated. The test cases in test_admin.py confirm that binary uploads were allowed by default in vulnerable versions. The core issue lies in the validation logic (filer.validation.validate_file) and the upload handler (FileAdmin.ajax_upload), which relied on incomplete FILE_VALIDATORS settings. The high confidence for validate_file is due to its direct role in MIME-type validation, while the medium confidence for ajax_upload reflects its indirect role in processing unvalidated uploads.

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