CVE-2014-0482

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    CVE-2014-0482

    Published: 26 Aug 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/59782, http://secunia.com/advisories/61276, http://secunia.com/advisories/61281, http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3010, https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2014/aug/20/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