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CVE-2016-7401

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7401 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Django versions before 1.8.15 and 1.9.10, specifically when integrated with Google Analytics. This flaw in cookie parsing allows remote attackers to bypass CSRF protection by manipulating cookies, impacting the integrity of affected systems. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it presents a significant risk, though there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or notable community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
<= 1.8.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.70%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0570 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (11)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: djangoFixed in: 1.8.15
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: djangoFixed in: 1.9.10
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7Fixed in: python-django-0:1.6.11-6.el7ost
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7Fixed in: python-django-0:1.8.15-1.el7ost
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty)Fixed in: python-django-0:1.8.15-1.el7ost
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 (Mitaka)Fixed in: python-django-0:1.8.15-1.el7ost
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6Fixed in: python-django-0:1.6.11-6.el6ost
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7Fixed in: python-django-0:1.6.11-6.el7ost
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redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) Operational ToolsFixed in: python-django
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo) Operational ToolsFixed in: python-django
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) Operational ToolsFixed in: python-django

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-crhm-qpjc-cm64high

Django CSRF Protection Bypass

May 14, 2022
redhatCVE-2016-7401Moderate

python-django: CSRF protection bypass on a site with Google Analytics

Sep 26, 2016

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-2038.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-2039.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-2040.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-2041.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-2042.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-2043.html
djangoproject.com / weblog/2016/sep/26/security-releases
PatchVendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3678
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/93182
Third Party Advisory
securitytracker.com / id/1036899
Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-3089-1
Third Party Advisory