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Vulnerability details: VCID-khxh-hjmn-fbdq
Vulnerability ID VCID-khxh-hjmn-fbdq
Aliases CVE-2015-3982
GHSA-6wgp-fwfm-mxp3
PYSEC-2015-19
Summary The session.flush function in the cached_db backend in Django 1.8.x before 1.8.2 does not properly flush the session, which allows remote attackers to hijack user sessions via an empty string in the session key.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.8
Risk 3.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-384 Session Fixation
CWE-613 Insufficient Session Expiration
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 0.00225 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-3982
epss 0.00225 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-3982
epss 0.00225 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-3982
epss 0.00225 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-3982
epss 0.00225 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-3982
epss 0.00225 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-3982
epss 0.00225 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-3982
epss 0.00225 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-3982
epss 0.00225 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-3982
epss 0.00225 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-3982
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6wgp-fwfm-mxp3
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/django/django
cvssv4 6.6 https://github.com/django/django
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/django/django
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/django/django/commit/31cb25adecba930bdeee4556709f5a1c42d88fd6
cvssv4 6.6 https://github.com/django/django/commit/31cb25adecba930bdeee4556709f5a1c42d88fd6
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/django/django/commit/31cb25adecba930bdeee4556709f5a1c42d88fd6
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2015-19.yaml
cvssv4 6.6 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2015-19.yaml
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2015-19.yaml
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3982
cvssv4 6.6 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3982
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3982
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20200228092138/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74960
cvssv4 6.6 https://web.archive.org/web/20200228092138/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74960
generic_textual MODERATE https://web.archive.org/web/20200228092138/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74960
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/may/20/security-release
cvssv4 6.6 https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/may/20/security-release
generic_textual MODERATE https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/may/20/security-release
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2015-3982.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-3982
https://github.com/django/django
https://github.com/django/django/commit/31cb25adecba930bdeee4556709f5a1c42d88fd6
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2015-19.yaml
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3982
https://web.archive.org/web/20200228092138/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74960
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/may/20/security-release
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/may/20/security-release/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74960
1221526 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1221526
GHSA-6wgp-fwfm-mxp3 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6wgp-fwfm-mxp3
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/django/django
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U Found at https://github.com/django/django
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/django/django/commit/31cb25adecba930bdeee4556709f5a1c42d88fd6
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U Found at https://github.com/django/django/commit/31cb25adecba930bdeee4556709f5a1c42d88fd6
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2015-19.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U Found at https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2015-19.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3982
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3982
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://web.archive.org/web/20200228092138/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74960
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U Found at https://web.archive.org/web/20200228092138/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74960
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Attack Requirements (AT) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/may/20/security-release
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U Found at https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/may/20/security-release
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.45139
EPSS Score 0.00225
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T12:41:14.073067+00:00 Pypa Importer Import https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2015-19.yaml 38.0.0