Django Improper Access Control

Description

The LazyUser class in the AuthenticationMiddleware for Django 0.95 does not properly cache the user name across requests, which allows remote authenticated users to gain the privileges of a different user.

Basic information

Type
reviewed
Severity
medium
Advisory on GitHub
Open advisory ↗
Repository advisory
Source code
Browse source ↗
Published (advisory)
2022-05-01 17:44:04 UTC
Updated
2024-05-23 16:40:38 UTC
GitHub reviewed
2024-05-14 17:18:53 UTC
NVD published
2007-01-22

EPSS Score

Score Percentile
0.76% 72.92%

CVSS Scores

No CVSS scores in this advisory.

Identifiers

Credits

  • MarkLee131 (analyst)

Affected packages (1)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem Package Vulnerable range First patched Vulnerable functions
pip Django = 0.95 1.0

References

cvelogic Threat Intelligence