CVE-2015-5963

contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware in Django 1.8.x before 1.8.4, 1.7.x before 1.7.10, 1.4.x before 1.4.22, and possibly other versions allows remote…

published August 24, 2015

CVSS
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EPSS
5%
Percentile
92.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware in Django 1.8.x before 1.8.4, 1.7.x before 1.7.10, 1.4.x before 1.4.22, and possibly other versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (session store consumption or session record removal) via a large number of requests to contrib.auth.views.logout, which triggers the creation of an empty session record.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.05206 · 92.5th percentile
Published
2015-08-24T14:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 24 AUG 14:00Z
    contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware in Django 1.8.x before 1.8.4, 1.7.x before 1.7.10, 1.4.x before 1.4.22, and possibly other versions allows remote…
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