CVE-2018-16984 affects Django 2.1 before 2.1.2, allowing unprivileged users with "view" permissions to read password hashes of arbitrary accounts due to a bypass in the Django Admin's read-only password widget. This vulnerability carries a medium severity CVSS score of 4.9, indicating a high confidentiality impact (C:H) if exploited, particularly for sites with legacy, insecure hashes. While the attack vector is network-based with low complexity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 2.1, < 2.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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