CVE-2015-3982: djangoproject django
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2015-3982 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in djangoproject django. EPSS estimates a 1.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77.9% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 8.7 (OSV · Pypi); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 2% (FIRST, 04-11-2026)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 9 · Related 9Timeline
- 02-06-2015PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The session.flush function in the cached_db backend in Django 1.8.x before 1.8.2 does not properly flush the session, which allows remote attackers to hijack user sessions via an empty string in the session key.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 3 versionsEPSS trend
Probability
1.75%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
78%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 1.75% on 05-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Djangoproject1 product
- djangoEOL1.8.0 | 1.8.1
PyPI1 product
- django≥ 1.8a1, < 1.8.2 | ≥ 1.8, < 1.8.2
2 vendors · 2 products
References
9 links- www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/may/20/security-release/X Refsource CONFIRMPatchVendor AdvisoryARTICLE
- github.com/django/djangoPACKAGE