CVE-2016-2513

low
Published 2016-04-08 · Modified 2023-11-08
CVSS v3
3.1
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2
2.6
VIR risk
3.1

Description

The password hasher in contrib/auth/hashers.py in Django before 1.8.10 and 1.9.x before 1.9.3 allows remote attackers to enumerate users via a timing attack involving login requests.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
42%
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-2016-2513

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/mar/01/security-releases/

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1.9.4-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.9.4-1
debian debianforkyfixed1.9.4-1
debian debiansidfixed1.9.4-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.9.4-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPIdjango<1.8.101.8.10
python PyPIdjango>=1.9,<1.9.31.9.3
python PyPIdjango<67b46ba7016da2d259c1ecc7d666d11f5e1cfaab||>=1.9,<1.9.367b46ba7016da2d259c1ecc7d666d11f5e1cfaab

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
djangoprojectdjango1.8.9
djangoprojectdjango1.9
djangoprojectdjango1.9.1
djangoprojectdjango1.9.2

References

CWEs

CWE-200

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