GHSA-6wgp-fwfm-mxp3MediumCVSS 7.5
Django allows user sessions hijacking via an empty string in the session key
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
The session.flush function in the cached_db backend in Django 1.8.x before 1.8.2 does not properly flush the session, which allows remote attackers to hijack user sessions via an empty string in the session key.
🎯 Affected products1
- pip/Django:>= 1.8a1, < 1.8.2
🔗 References (6)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3982
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200228092138/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74960
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/may/20/security-release
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/31cb25adecba930bdeee4556709f5a1c42d88fd6
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2015-19.yaml
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6wgp-fwfm-mxp3