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| author | Natalia <124304+nessita@users.noreply.github.com> | 2024-08-19 14:47:38 -0300 |
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| committer | Natalia <124304+nessita@users.noreply.github.com> | 2024-09-03 09:24:21 -0300 |
| commit | 3c733c78d6f8e50296d6e248968b6516c92a53ca (patch) | |
| tree | b261b6b05d1e409f0a82650d8d5bb78ab2ce36c8 /docs/topics/auth | |
| parent | 022ab0a75c76ab2ea31dfcc5f2cf5501e378d397 (diff) | |
[5.1.x] Fixed CVE-2024-45231 -- Avoided server error on password reset when email sending fails.
On successful submission of a password reset request, an email is sent
to the accounts known to the system. If sending this email fails (due to
email backend misconfiguration, service provider outage, network issues,
etc.), an attacker might exploit this by detecting which password reset
requests succeed and which ones generate a 500 error response.
Thanks to Thibaut Spriet for the report, and to Mariusz Felisiak, Adam
Johnson, and Sarah Boyce for the reviews.
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/topics/auth')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/topics/auth/default.txt | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/docs/topics/auth/default.txt b/docs/topics/auth/default.txt index 15af779dfe..4b40cb16f2 100644 --- a/docs/topics/auth/default.txt +++ b/docs/topics/auth/default.txt @@ -1752,7 +1752,9 @@ provides several built-in forms located in :mod:`django.contrib.auth.forms`: .. method:: send_mail(subject_template_name, email_template_name, context, from_email, to_email, html_email_template_name=None) Uses the arguments to send an ``EmailMultiAlternatives``. - Can be overridden to customize how the email is sent to the user. + Can be overridden to customize how the email is sent to the user. If + you choose to override this method, be mindful of handling potential + exceptions raised due to email sending failures. :param subject_template_name: the template for the subject. :param email_template_name: the template for the email body. |