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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.1

CVE-2018-25111 json

django-helpdesk Allows Sensitive Data Exposure

published 2025-05-31 17 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-m4jx-m5hg-qrxx , PYSEC-2025-44 , EUVD-2025-16536

cvss
5.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 11%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

django-helpdesk before 1.0.0 allows Sensitive Data Exposure because of os.umask(0) in models.py.

Patch / fix

  • pypi django-helpdesk 1.0.0
  • django-helpdesk Project django-helpdesk 1.0.0

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
17 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/django-helpdesk/django-helpdesk/pull/1120 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 3.1 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
GitHub 3.1 5.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi django-helpdesk
<1.0.0
1.0.0

Affected products

  • django-helpdesk Project django-helpdesk

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-277 Insecure Inherited Permissions

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.