CVE-2016-7401: Django CSRF Protection Bypass
(updated )
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.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-crhm-qpjc-cm64
- github.com/django/django
- github.com/django/django/commit/6118ab7d0676f0d622278e5be215f14fb5410b6a
- github.com/django/django/commit/6fe846a8f08dc959003f298b5407e321c6fe3735
- github.com/django/django/commit/d1bc980db1c0fffd6d60677e62f70beadb9fe64a
- github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2016-3.yaml
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7401
- web.archive.org/web/20200227223637/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93182
- web.archive.org/web/20210927195154/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036899
- www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/sep/26/security-releases
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