CVE-2018-16984
Django allows unprivileged users to read the password hashes of arbitrary accounts
4.9
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.68%
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.
How to fix CVE-2018-16984
To remediate CVE-2018-16984, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.1.2 or later
- —upgrade to 2.1.2 or later
Is CVE-2018-16984 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- >= 2.1, < 2.1.2
- >= 2.1, < 2.1.2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM4.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |