Description
The contrib.auth.middleware.RemoteUserMiddleware middleware in Django before 1.4.14, 1.5.x before 1.5.9, 1.6.x before 1.6.6, and 1.7 before release candidate 3, when using the contrib.auth.backends.RemoteUserBackend backend, allows remote authenticated users to hijack web sessions via vectors related to the REMOTE_USER header.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2014/aug/20/security/
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/61276
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/61281
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00023.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3010
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/59782
Scores
EPSS
0.0196
EPSS Percentile
77.8%
Details
CWE
CWE-287
Status
published
Products (32)
djangoproject/django
1.6 (5 CPE variants)
djangoproject/django
1.6.1
djangoproject/django
1.6.2
djangoproject/django
1.6.3
djangoproject/django
1.6.4
djangoproject/django
1.6.5
djangoproject/django
1.4
djangoproject/django
1.4.1
djangoproject/django
1.4.2
djangoproject/django
1.4.4
... and 22 more
Published
Aug 26, 2014
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026