CVE-2014-0482
Django Middleware Enables Session Hijacking
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.71%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2014-0482
To remediate CVE-2014-0482, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.6.6-1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.4.14 or later
- —upgrade to 1.4.14 or later
Is CVE-2014-0482 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 1.6.6-1
- from 0, < 1.4.14
- from 0, < 1.4.14, >= 1.5, < 1.5.9, >= 1.6, < 1.6.6
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |