CVE-2025-13030
django-mdeditor is Missing Authentication for Critical Function
Severity by source
Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by GHSA (low).
Description
All versions of the package django-mdeditor are vulnerable to Missing Authentication for Critical Function in the image upload endpoint. An attacker can upload malicious files and achieve arbitrary code execution since this endpoint lacks authentication protection and proper sanitisation of file names.
Affected packages and fixed versions
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| pip::GitHub Security Advisory pip | django-mdeditor | no fix listed |
References
- https://github.com/pylixm/django-mdeditor
- https://github.com/pylixm/django-mdeditor/blob/e8dd73fb8571ddff2e7a20a4bfa88c376cc33b62/mdeditor/views.py%23L25
- https://github.com/pylixm/django-mdeditor/commit/3e80f9edcabc5d2fc136b05a501964b8a5e97cfe
- https://github.com/pylixm/django-mdeditor/issues/151
- https://github.com/pylixm/django-mdeditor/pull/185
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13030
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-DJANGOMDEDITOR-8630926