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CVE-2016-2048

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-2048 is a medium-severity access restriction bypass vulnerability affecting Django versions 1.9.x before 1.9.2. When the ModelAdmin.save_as option is enabled, authenticated users with "change" permission can exploit the "Save as New" feature to create ModelAdmin objects, circumventing intended access controls. The CVSS score of 5.5 indicates a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring high privileges, and leading to high integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there known public exploits or Metasploit modules available for this CVE. Community discussion is minimal, with only one mention, and there is no media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
4.2
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.52%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0152 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 3,563 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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 (1)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: djangoFixed in: 1.9.2

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-46x4-9jmv-jc8phigh

Django Access Restrictions Bypass

May 17, 2022
redhatCVE-2016-2048Low

python-django: user with "change" but not "add" permission can create objects for ModelAdmin

Feb 1, 2016

References

djangoproject.com / weblog/2016/feb/01/releases-192-and-189
securityfocus.com / bid/82329
securitytracker.com / id/1034894