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.
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
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-254
- Affected
- canonical/ubuntu linux · djangoproject/django · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 5.7% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
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, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.