CVE-2018-16984

MEDIUM

Django 2.1 - Unauthenticated Password Hash Exposure via Read-Only Password Widget

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered in Django 2.1 before 2.1.2, in which unprivileged users can read the password hashes of arbitrary accounts. The read-only password widget used by the Django Admin to display an obfuscated password hash was bypassed if a user has only the "view" permission (new in Django 2.1), resulting in display of the entire password hash to those users. This may result in a vulnerability for sites with legacy user accounts using insecure hashes.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041749
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190502-0009/

Scores

CVSS v3 4.9
EPSS 0.0203
EPSS Percentile 78.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-522
Status published
Products (2)
djangoproject/django 2.1 - 2.1.2
pypi/Django 2.1 - 2.1.2PyPI
Published Oct 02, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026