CVE-2014-0472: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.1. EPSS: 5.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The django.core.urlresolvers.reverse function in Django before 1.4.11, 1.5.x before 1.5.6, 1.6.x before 1.6.3, and 1.7.x before 1.7 beta 2 allows remote attackers to import and execute arbitrary Python modules by leveraging a view that constructs URLs using user input and a "dotted Python path."

Affected products

  • Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 10.04 only; version 12.04 only; version 12.10 only; version 13.10 only; version 14.04 only
  • Djangoproject Django: up to and including 1.4.10; version 1.4 only; version 1.4.1 only; version 1.4.2 only; version 1.4.3 only; version 1.4.4 only; …

Published 2014-04-23. Last modified 2026-06-17.