CVE-2007-5712

The internationalization (i18n) framework in Django 0.91, 0.95, 0.95.1, and 0.96, and as used in other products such as PyLucid, when the USE_I18N option and the i18n component are enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via many HTTP requests with large Accept-Language headers.

Published: 2007-10-30 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-5712 is rated Low Risk (39.4/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.81%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-5712

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-11-24 1.59% 1.81% +0.22%
2 2025-05-28 1.46% 1.59% +0.13%
3 2025-03-30 1.46%

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-5712

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.6 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
4.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-5712

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2007-5712

GHSA-9v8h-57gv-qch6 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: pip — Django vulnerable to Denial of Service via i18n middleware component

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-5712

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2007-5712 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (python-django), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-5712
redhat https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-5712
ubuntu low CVE-2007-5712 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (python-django), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, upstream): released 3, DNE 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-5712

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-5712

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
django_project django 0.91 cpe:2.3:a:django_project:django:0.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
django_project django 0.95 cpe:2.3:a:django_project:django:0.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
django_project django 0.95.1 cpe:2.3:a:django_project:django:0.95.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
django_project django 0.96 cpe:2.3:a:django_project:django:0.96:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-5712

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