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CVE-2016-7401
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…
High7.5EPSS 5.7%
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- mitre
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 24 days later
· 24 days later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.7% · top 6.9% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIDjangoGHSA-crhm-qpjc-cm64 (opens in a new tab)
References (11)
- DSA-3678 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2040 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2043 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 1036899 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2041 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/sep/26/security-releases/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2042 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-3089-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 93182 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2038 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2039 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-crhm-qpjc-cm64 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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