GHSA-625g-gx8c-xcmg

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    GHSA-625g-gx8c-xcmg

    Published: 14 May 2022Last Modified: 19 Feb 2025

    Summary: Django Middleware Enables Session Hijacking

    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: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0482, https://github.com/django/django/commit/0268b855f9eab3377f2821164ef3e66037789e09, https://github.com/django/django/commit/5307ce565fbedb9cc27cbe7c757b41a00438d37c, https://github.com/django/django/commit/c9e3b9949cd55f090591fbdc4a114fcb8368b6d9, https://github.com/django/django/commit/dd68f319b365f6cb38c5a6c106faf4f6142d7d88, https://github.com/django/django, https://github.com/django/django/blob/aa3cb3f37265be37d892e2b391ff023e9caee2a4/docs/releases/1.5.9.txt#L42, https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2014-6.yaml, https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2014/aug/20/security, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00023.html, http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3010

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: django

    Purl: pkg:pypi/django

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.4.14

    Affected versions

    1.0.1
    1.0.2
    1.0.3
    1.0.4

    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
    GHSA-625g-gx8c-xcmg | CVE-DB