CVE-2016-7401

high
Published 2016-10-03 · Modified 2023-11-08
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v2
5.0
VIR risk
7.5

Description

The cookie parsing code in Django before 1.8.15 and 1.9.x before 1.9.10, when used on a site with Google Analytics, allows remote attackers to bypass an intended CSRF protection mechanism by setting arbitrary cookies.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
83%
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-2016-7401

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7401.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/sep/26/security-releases/

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201610-13

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
arch archfixed1.10.1-1
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected
debian debian8.0affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu16.04affected
debian debianbookwormfixed1:1.10-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1:1.10-1
debian debianforkyfixed1:1.10-1
debian debiansidfixed1:1.10-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1:1.10-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPIdjango<1.8.151.8.15
python PyPIdjango>=1.9,<1.9.101.9.10

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
djangoprojectdjango{"endIncluding":"1.8.14"}
djangoprojectdjango1.9.0
djangoprojectdjango1.9.1
djangoprojectdjango1.9.2
djangoprojectdjango1.9.3
djangoprojectdjango1.9.4
djangoprojectdjango1.9.5
djangoprojectdjango1.9.6
djangoprojectdjango1.9.7
djangoprojectdjango1.9.8
djangoprojectdjango1.9.9

References

CWEs

CWE-254

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