Inadequate Encryption Strength in Django User Sessions
| Risk | High |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2020-5224 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-326 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Django User Sessions Web applications / Modules and components for CMS |
| Vendor | Jazzband |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one high risk vulnerability.
1) Inadequate Encryption Strength
EUVDB-ID: #VU24776
Risk: High
CVSSv3.1:
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-5224
CWE-ID:
Exploit availability:
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to the views provided allow users to terminate specific sessions. The session key is used to identify sessions, and thus included in the rendered HTML. In itself this is not a problem. However if the website has an XSS vulnerability, the session key could be extracted by the authenticated attacker and a session takeover could happen.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsDjango User Sessions: 0.1.0 - 1.7.0
Fixed software versionsCPE2.3 External links
http://github.com/Bouke/django-user-sessions/security/advisories/GHSA-5fq8-3q2f-4m5g
http://github.com/jazzband/django-user-sessions/commit/f0c4077e7d1436ba6d721af85cee89222ca5d2d9
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
