CVE-2014-0473

medium
Published 2014-04-23 · Modified 2023-11-08
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2
5.0
VIR risk
5.0

Description

The caching framework in Django before 1.4.11, 1.5.x before 1.5.6, 1.6.x before 1.6.3, and 1.7.x before 1.7 beta 2 reuses a cached CSRF token for all anonymous users, which allows remote attackers to bypass CSRF protections by reading the CSRF cookie for anonymous users.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0473

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@debian.org — https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2014/apr/21/security/

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
ubuntu ubuntu10.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu12.10affected
ubuntu ubuntu13.10affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.04affected
debian debianbookwormfixed1.6.3-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.6.3-1
debian debianforkyfixed1.6.3-1
debian debiansidfixed1.6.3-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.6.3-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPIdjango<1.4.111.4.11
python PyPIdjango>=1.5,<1.5.61.5.6
python PyPIdjango>=1.6,<1.6.31.6.3

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
djangoprojectdjango1.5
djangoprojectdjango1.5.1
djangoprojectdjango1.5.2
djangoprojectdjango1.5.3
djangoprojectdjango1.5.4
djangoprojectdjango1.5.5
djangoprojectdjango1.6
djangoprojectdjango1.6.1
djangoprojectdjango1.6.2
djangoprojectdjango1.7
djangoprojectdjango{"endIncluding":"1.4.10"}
djangoprojectdjango1.4
djangoprojectdjango1.4.1
djangoprojectdjango1.4.2
djangoprojectdjango1.4.3
djangoprojectdjango1.4.4
djangoprojectdjango1.4.5
djangoprojectdjango1.4.6
djangoprojectdjango1.4.7
djangoprojectdjango1.4.8
djangoprojectdjango1.4.9

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.