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CVE-2015-8213

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-8213 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in Django versions prior to 1.7.11, 1.8.7, and 1.9rc2. Specifically, the get_format function in utils/formats.py could allow remote attackers to extract sensitive application secrets, such as SECRET_KEY, by substituting a settings key for a date/time format setting. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a low attack complexity and potential for partial confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.7.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0428 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 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 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (11)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: djangoFixed in: 1.7.11
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: djangoFixed in: 1.9rc2
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: DjangoFixed in: 1.8.7
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6Fixed in: python-django-0:1.6.11-4.el6ost
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7Fixed in: python-django-0:1.6.11-4.el7ost
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7Fixed in: python-django-0:1.6.11-4.el7ost
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7Fixed in: python-django-0:1.8.7-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 Operational Tools for RHEL 7Fixed in: python-django-0:1.6.11-4.el7ost
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.2Fixed in: Django
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.3Fixed in: Django
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Subscription Asset ManagerFixed in: Django

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-6wcr-wcqm-3mfhmedium

Django settings leak in date template filter

May 17, 2022
redhatCVE-2015-8213Moderate

python-django: Information leak through date template filter

Nov 24, 2015

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/173375.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174770.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00014.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00017.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-0129.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-0156.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-0157.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-0158.html
github.com / django/django/commit/316bc3fc9437c5960c24baceb93c73f1939711e4
djangoproject.com / weblog/2015/nov/24/security-releases-issued
PatchVendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3404
securityfocus.com / bid/77750
securitytracker.com / id/1034237
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2816-1