Django-Unicorn Class Pollution Vulnerability, Leading to XSS, DoS and Authentication Bypass

django-unicorn (pip)

Django-Unicorn is vulnerable to python class pollution vulnerability, a new type of vulnerability categorized under CWE-915. The vulnerability arises from the core functionality set_property_value, which can be remotely triggered by users by crafting appropriate component requests and feeding in values of second and third parameter to…

Fix it

pip install --upgrade "django-unicorn>=0.62.0"

First seen: 3 Feb 2025
Last update: 3 Feb 2025, 15:48 UTC
Fixed in: django-unicorn 0.62.0
Identifiers: CVE-2025-24370
Source: GitHub advisory
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## Django-Unicorn Class Pollution Vulnerability, Leading to XSS, DoS and Authentication Bypass
Severity: critical. Patch status: patched.
Affected: django-unicorn (pip)
Fixed in: django-unicorn 0.62.0
Ids: CVE-2025-24370

Django-Unicorn is vulnerable to python class pollution vulnerability, a new type of vulnerability categorized under CWE-915. The vulnerability arises from the core functionality set_property_value, which can be remotely triggered by users by crafting appropriate component requests and feeding in values of second and third parameter to…

## Steps
1. Search the repo, its CI and infra config for django-unicorn (pip). If present, report the version in use and whether it's affected.

## Report
A table: file, product or package, version in use, affected yes/no, exact fix. Then anything a human has to check outside the repo.

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Sources: https://github.com/adamghill/django-unicorn/commit/17614200f27174f789d4af54cc3a1f2b0df7870c https://github.com/adamghill/django-unicorn/releases/tag/0.62.0 https://github.com/adamghill/django-unicorn/security/advisories/GHSA-g9wf-5777-gq43 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g9wf-5777-gq43 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24370
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