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Vulnerability details: VCID-9bkv-g3r4-u7h7
Vulnerability ID VCID-9bkv-g3r4-u7h7
Aliases CVE-2014-0482
GHSA-625g-gx8c-xcmg
PYSEC-2014-6
Summary The contrib.auth.middleware.RemoteUserMiddleware middleware in Django before 1.4.14, 1.5.x before 1.5.9, 1.6.x before 1.6.6, and 1.7 before release candidate 3, when using the contrib.auth.backends.RemoteUserBackend backend, allows remote authenticated users to hijack web sessions via vectors related to the REMOTE_USER header.
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-287 Improper Authentication
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00711 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-0482
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00023.html
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-0482
http://secunia.com/advisories/59782
http://secunia.com/advisories/61276
http://secunia.com/advisories/61281
https://github.com/django/django
https://github.com/django/django/blob/aa3cb3f37265be37d892e2b391ff023e9caee2a4/docs/releases/1.5.9.txt#L42
https://github.com/django/django/commit/0268b855f9eab3377f2821164ef3e66037789e09
https://github.com/django/django/commit/5307ce565fbedb9cc27cbe7c757b41a00438d37c
https://github.com/django/django/commit/c9e3b9949cd55f090591fbdc4a114fcb8368b6d9
https://github.com/django/django/commit/dd68f319b365f6cb38c5a6c106faf4f6142d7d88
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2014-6.yaml
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2014/aug/20/security
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2014/aug/20/security/
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3010
CVE-2014-0482 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0482
GHSA-625g-gx8c-xcmg https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-625g-gx8c-xcmg
No exploits are available.
There are no known vectors.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.72568
EPSS Score 0.00711
Published At May 30, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-30T20:16:16.833566+00:00 Pypa Importer Import https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2014-6.yaml 38.6.0