CVE-2015-3982

medium
Published 2022-05-17 · Modified 2024-05-07
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v2
5.0
VIR risk
5.0

Description

The session.flush function in the cached_db backend in Django 1.8.x before 1.8.2 does not properly flush the session, which allows remote attackers to hijack user sessions via an empty string in the session key.

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-2015-3982

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/may/20/security-release/

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed0
debian debianbullseyefixed0
debian debianforkyfixed0
debian debiansidfixed0
debian debiantrixiefixed0

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPIdjango>=1.8a1,<1.8.21.8.2
python PyPIdjango>=1.8,<1.8.21.8.2

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
djangoprojectdjango1.8.0
djangoprojectdjango1.8.1

References

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