CVE-2016-7401
HIGH7.5EPSS 4.8%python-django - security update
Published: 5/14/2022Modified: 4/28/2026
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.
Affected packages (5)
- Debian/python-djangofrom 0, < 1:1.10-1
- Debian/python-djangofrom 0, < 1.4.22-1+deb7u1
- Debian/python-djangofrom 0, < 1.7.11-1+deb8u1
- PyPI/djangofrom 0, < 1.8.15
- PyPI/djangofrom 0, < 1.8.15, >= 1.9, < 1.9.10
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
References (21)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7401
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7401
- ADVISORYhttps://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/sep/26/security-releases/
- PATCHhttps://github.com/django/django
- WEBhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2038.html
- WEBhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2039.html
- WEBhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2040.html
- WEBhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2041.html
- WEBhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2042.html
- WEBhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2043.html
- WEBhttps://github.com/django/django/commit/6118ab7d0676f0d622278e5be215f14fb5410b6a
- WEBhttps://github.com/django/django/commit/6fe846a8f08dc959003f298b5407e321c6fe3735
- WEBhttps://github.com/django/django/commit/d1bc980db1c0fffd6d60677e62f70beadb9fe64a
- WEBhttps://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2016-3.yaml
- WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20200227223637/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93182
- WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20210927195154/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036899
- WEBhttps://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/sep/26/security-releases
- WEBhttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3678
- WEBhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93182
- WEBhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036899
- WEBhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3089-1