CVE-2014-0473

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    CVE-2014-0473

    Published: 23 Apr 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The caching framework in Django before 1.4.11, 1.5.x before 1.5.6, 1.6.x before 1.6.3, and 1.7.x before 1.7 beta 2 reuses a cached CSRF token for all anonymous users, which allows remote attackers to bypass CSRF protections by reading the CSRF cookie for anonymous users.

    References: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0456.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0457.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/61281, http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2934, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2169-1, https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2014/apr/21/security/, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00023.html

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High