CVE-2015-3982

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-06-02 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

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.

Affected products

Django: 1.8.0, 1.8.1

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74960
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/may/20/security-release/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74960
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/may/20/security-release/

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