Description
django CMS is a content management system powered by Django. Prior to 5.0.8 and in 5.1.0a1, the django CMS page cache in cms/cache/page.py ignores request headers declared by plugins through get_vary_cache_on(). The _page_cache_key function includes the cache prefix, site, language, path, and timezone but not the declared header values. Although set_page_cache adds those names to the response Vary header, get_page_cache retrieves the first stored variant under the same header-agnostic key. When CMS_PAGE_CACHE is enabled and a plugin varies content on a header such as Country-Code, one visitor can receive another visitor’s request-specific content, and an unauthenticated attacker can prime the cache with attacker-chosen content. This issue is fixed in versions 5.0.8 and 5.1.0.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| django-cms | django-cms | < 5.0.8, >= 5.1.0a1, < 5.1.0 | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | django-cms | < 5.0.8 | 5.0.8 | GHSA-fwjf-m4qw-9f2x |
Advisories 1
- WID-SEC-2026-3001 Django: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Aug 24, 2026
References
- https://github.com/django-cms/django-cms/security/advisories/GHSA-fwjf-m4qw-9f2x
- https://github.com/django-cms/django-cms/pull/8646
- https://github.com/django-cms/django-cms/pull/8647
- https://github.com/django-cms/django-cms/commit/8758714b865ffa79c6bcd0e5c503958ea48885aa
- https://github.com/django-cms/django-cms/commit/d5dc1efa18d157445491c4b12c2dd1efd56f439f
- https://github.com/django-cms/django-cms/releases/tag/5.0.8
- https://github.com/django-cms/django-cms/releases/tag/5.1.0