VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-7401
The cookie parsing code in Django before 1.8.15 and 1.9.x before 1.9.10, when used on a site with Google Analytics, allows remote attackers to bypass an intended CSRF protection mechanism by setting arbitrary cookies.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 5.70%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.70%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The cookie parsing code in Django before 1.8.15 and 1.9.x before 1.9.10, when used on a site with Google Analytics, allows remote attackers to bypass an intended CSRF protection mechanism by setting arbitrary cookies.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 5.70% probability · 93th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-254
- Affected
- canonical/ubuntu linux · djangoproject/django · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2038.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2039.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2040.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2041.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2042.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2043.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3678Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93182Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036899Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3089-1Third Party Advisory
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/sep/26/security-releases/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2038.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2039.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2040.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2041.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2042.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2043.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3678Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93182Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036899Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3089-1Third Party Advisory
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/sep/26/security-releases/Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.