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Django Access Restrictions Bypass

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated May 7, 2024

Package

pip django (pip)

Affected versions

>= 1.9, < 1.9.2

Patched versions

1.9.2

Description

Django 1.9.x before 1.9.2, when ModelAdmin.save_as is set to True, allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and create ModelAdmin objects via the "Save as New" option when editing objects and leveraging the "change" permission.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Feb 8, 2016
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Reviewed Jul 31, 2023
Last updated May 7, 2024

Severity

Moderate
5.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
High
Availability
None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2016-2048

GHSA ID

GHSA-46x4-9jmv-jc8p

Source code

Credits

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