CVE-2018-16984: djangoproject django Insufficiently Protected Credentials
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2018-16984 is a medium (CVSS 4.9) Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability in djangoproject django. EPSS estimates a 2.05% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80.9% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 7Timeline
- 02-10-2018PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
An issue was discovered in Django 2.1 before 2.1.2, in which unprivileged users can read the password hashes of arbitrary accounts. The read-only password widget used by the Django Admin to display an obfuscated password hash was bypassed if a user has only the "view" permission (new in Django 2.1), resulting in display of the entire password hash to those users. This may result in a vulnerability for sites with legacy user accounts using insecure hashes.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 2 sources · 3 versions- OSV · PypiEcosystem advisory · calculated4.9MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
2.05%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
81%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 2.05% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Djangoproject1 product
- django≥ 2.1, < 2.1.2
PyPI1 product
- django≥ 2.1, < 2.1.2
2 vendors · 2 products
References
11 links
- github.com/django/djangoPACKAGE