CVE-2015-3982
Aliases:GHSA-6wgp-fwfm-mxp3PYSEC-2015-19
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 6
Modified
Published: 02 Jun 2015, 14:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 06:04
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
low
20/100 CVSS Score
5 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.22% LOW
0% probability -0.10%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
02 Jun 2015, 14:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 06:04
Last Modified
Vulnerability 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
- v4.0•HIGH•Score: 8.7CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
- v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.22%• Percentile: 45%
Affected Systems
- djangoproject•django
1.8.0 | 1.8.1
- PyPI•django
≥ 1.8a1, < 1.8.2 | ≥ 1.8, < 1.8.2
References (8)
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/may/20/security-release/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74960
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3982
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/31cb25adecba930bdeee4556709f5a1c42d88fd6
- https://github.com/django/django
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2015-19.yaml
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200228092138/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74960
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/may/20/security-release