CVE-2011-4136
django.contrib.sessions in Django before 1.2.7 and 1.3.x before 1.3.1, when session data is stored in the cache, uses the root namespace for both session identifiers and application-data keys, which allows remote attackers to modify a session by…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.28%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
django.contrib.sessions in Django before 1.2.7 and 1.3.x before 1.3.1, when session data is stored in the cache, uses the root namespace for both session identifiers and application-data keys, which allows remote attackers to modify a session by triggering use of a key that is equal to that session's identifier.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.28% probability · 82th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- djangoproject/django
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/11/1Patch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/13/2Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46614
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2332
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737366Patch
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14700881
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2011/sep/09/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2011/sep/10/127/Patch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/11/1Patch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/13/2Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46614
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2332
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737366Patch
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14700881
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2011/sep/09/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2011/sep/10/127/Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.