Django 1.7.11 release notes
November 24, 2015
Django 1.7.11 fixes a security issue and a data loss bug in 1.7.10.
Fixed settings leak possibility in date
template filter
If an application allows users to specify an unvalidated format for dates and passes this format to the date
filter, e.g. {{ last_updated|date:user_date_format }}
, then a malicious user could obtain any secret in the application’s settings by specifying a settings key instead of a date format. e.g. "SECRET_KEY"
instead of "j/m/Y"
.
To remedy this, the underlying function used by the date
template filter, django.utils.formats.get_format()
, now only allows accessing the date/time formatting settings.