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CVE-2014-0482

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-0482 is a session hijacking vulnerability affecting Django versions before 1.4.14, 1.5.9, 1.6.6, and 1.7rc3, specifically when using the RemoteUserMiddleware and RemoteUserBackend. Authenticated remote attackers can exploit this flaw by manipulating the REMOTE_USER header. With a CVSS score of 6.0, it presents a medium severity risk, allowing for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
12.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
13.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.6:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.6:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.6:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
6.8
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.96%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0196 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 1,425 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: djangoFixed in: 1.4.14
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: DjangoFixed in: 1.5.9
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: DjangoFixed in: 1.6.6
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: DjangoFixed in: 1.7c3
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse)Fixed in: python-django
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4Fixed in: Django14
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Subscription Asset ManagerFixed in: Django

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-625g-gx8c-xcmgmedium

Django Middleware Enables Session Hijacking

May 14, 2022
redhatCVE-2014-0482Moderate

Django: RemoteUserMiddleware session hijacking

Aug 20, 2014

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00023.html
secunia.com / advisories/59782
secunia.com / advisories/61276
secunia.com / advisories/61281
djangoproject.com / weblog/2014/aug/20/security
Vendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2014/dsa-3010