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CVE-2007-0405

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2007-01-23 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The LazyUser class in the AuthenticationMiddleware for Django 0.95 does not properly cache the user name across requests, which allows remote authenticated users to gain the privileges of a different user.

Affected products

• Django Project Django: 0.95

References

• http://code.djangoproject.com/changeset/3754
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23826
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22138
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31628
• http://code.djangoproject.com/changeset/3754
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23826
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22138
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31628

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