Description
The contrib.auth.middleware.RemoteUserMiddleware middleware in Django before 1.4.14, 1.5.x before 1.5.9, 1.6.x before 1.6.6, and 1.7 before release candidate 3, when using the contrib.auth.backends.RemoteUserBackend backend, allows remote authenticated users to hijack web sessions via vectors related to the REMOTE_USER header.
Published: 2014-08-26
Score: 6.0 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-65-1 python-django security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3010-1 python-django security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-0014 The contrib.auth.middleware.RemoteUserMiddleware middleware in Django before 1.4.14, 1.5.x before 1.5.9, 1.6.x before 1.6.6, and 1.7 before release candidate 3, when using the contrib.auth.backends.RemoteUserBackend backend, allows remote authenticated users to hijack web sessions via vectors related to the REMOTE_USER header.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-625g-gx8c-xcmg Django Middleware Enables Session Hijacking
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2347-1 Django vulnerabilities
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Djangoproject Django
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T09:20:18.469Z

Reserved: 2013-12-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-0482

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-08-26T14:55:05.297

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-0482

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2014-08-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-0482 - Bugzilla

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