CVE-2015-3982 (GCVE-0-2015-3982)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-06-02 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 06:04
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 29/100 over 2350 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2015-05-20 00:00
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