Django: database denial of service with ModelMultipleChoiceField
Published Jan 16, 2015
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.71%
Description
ModelMultipleChoiceField in Django 1.6.x before 1.6.10 and 1.7.x before 1.7.3, when show_hidden_initial is set to True, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by submitting duplicate values, which triggers a large number of SQL queries.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 10.04
- 12.04
- 14.04
- 14.10
Configuration 2
- ≤ 1.4.17
- 1.6
- 1.6.1
- 1.6.2
- 1.6.3
- 1.6.4
- 1.6.5
- 1.6.6
- 1.6.7
- 1.6.8
- 1.6.9
- 1.7
- 1.7.1
- 1.7.2
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse)
python-django
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno)
python-django
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse) | python-django | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno) | python-django | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.71% (0.02712) | 85.47th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.69% (0.02690) | 83.87th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 4.97% (0.04971) | 89.38th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 6.20% (0.06197) | 90.42th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 27, 2025 | 4.57% (0.04573) | 88.73th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 6.20% (0.06197) | 90.52th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 4.57% (0.04573) | 88.18th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.48% (0.02476) | 75.44th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 4.57% (0.04573) | 88.48th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.77% (0.02765) | 90.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02693) | 88.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.73th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (21)
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0026.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148485.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0222 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1179685 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6g95-x6cj-mg4v Advisory
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- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0222
- https://web.archive.org/web/20161201073154/http://secunia.com/advisories/62285
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- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/jan/13/security x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
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