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.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 6.0/10
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:PWeakness enumeration
Affected software
No affected versions have been published.
Timeline
- Published
- Aug 26, 2014
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified