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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, allo

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.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.06156
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  • EPSS percentile: top 9% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules1 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

4
canonical ubuntu linuxall versions
djangoproject django<= 1.8.14
djangoproject djangoall versions
debian linuxall versions
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
PyPI django HIGH fixed in 1.8.15
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Sigma Hunt Rules

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Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
productmediumDjango Framework Exceptions
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Scoring & Timeline

7.5
HIGH · CVSS v3.0 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD03 Oct 2016 · 06:59 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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Vendor Advisories

19
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2026:10349-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2026:10005-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2025:14741-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:14208-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:14073-1
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2038.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2039.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2040.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2041.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2042.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2043.html
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