CVE-2015-0219

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Published 2022-05-17 · Modified 2023-11-08
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS v2
5.0
VIR risk
5.0

Description

Django before 1.4.18, 1.6.x before 1.6.10, and 1.7.x before 1.7.3 allows remote attackers to spoof WSGI headers by using an _ (underscore) character instead of a - (dash) character in an HTTP header, as demonstrated by an X-Auth_User header.

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-2015-0219

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/jan/13/security/

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2469-1

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1.7.1-1.1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.7.1-1.1
debian debianforkyfixed1.7.1-1.1
debian debiansidfixed1.7.1-1.1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.7.1-1.1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPIdjango<1.4.181.4.18
python PyPIdjango>=1.6,<1.6.101.6.10
python PyPIdjango>=1.7,<1.7.31.7.3

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
djangoprojectdjango{"endIncluding":"1.4.17"}
djangoprojectdjango1.6
djangoprojectdjango1.6.1
djangoprojectdjango1.6.2
djangoprojectdjango1.6.3
djangoprojectdjango1.6.4
djangoprojectdjango1.6.5
djangoprojectdjango1.6.6
djangoprojectdjango1.6.7
djangoprojectdjango1.6.8
djangoprojectdjango1.6.9
djangoprojectdjango1.7
djangoprojectdjango1.7.1
djangoprojectdjango1.7.2

References

CWEs

CWE-17

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