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CVE-2014-0482: djangoproject django Improper Authentication

CVSS: 6.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesGHSA-625g-gx8c-xcmgPYSEC-2014-6UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0482
Published 26-08-2014Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-0482 is a medium (CVSS 6.0) Improper Authentication vulnerability in djangoproject django. EPSS estimates a 1.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
24/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.96%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 1
DLA-65-1DSA-3010-1MGASA-2014-0366USN-2347-1

Timeline

  1. 26-08-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The contrib.auth.middleware.RemoteUserMiddleware middleware in Django before 1.4.14, 1.5.x before 1.5.9, 1.6.x before 1.6.6, and 1.7 before release candidate 3, when using the contrib.auth.backends.RemoteUserBackend backend, allows remote authenticated users to hijack web sessions via vectors related to the REMOTE_USER header.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.96%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

80%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.96% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.96%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • python-django< 1.6.6-1
Djangoproject1 product
  • djangoEOL1.6 | 1.6:beta1 | 1.6:beta2 | 1.6:beta3 | 1.6:beta4 | 1.6.1 | 1.6.2 | 1.6.3 | 1.6.4 | 1.6.5 | ≤ 1.4.13 | 1.4 | 1.4.1 | 1.4.2 | 1.4.4 | 1.4.5 | 1.4.6 | 1.4.7 | 1.4.8 | 1.4.9 | 1.4.10 | 1.4.11 | 1.4.12 | 1.7:beta1 | 1.7:beta2 | 1.7:beta3 | 1.7:beta4 | 1.7:rc1 | 1.7:rc2 | 1.5 | 1.5:alpha | 1.5:beta | 1.5.1 | 1.5.2 | 1.5.3 | 1.5.4 | 1.5.5 | 1.5.6 | 1.5.7 | 1.5.8
Opensuse1 product
PyPI1 product
  • django< 1.4.14 | ≥ 1.5, < 1.5.9 | ≥ 1.7a1, < 1.7c3 | ≥ 1.6, < 1.6.6
Ubuntu1 product
  • python-django< 1.6.1-2ubuntu0.4

5 vendors · 5 products

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