Improper access control in Django - CVE-2016-2048

 

Improper access control in Django - CVE-2016-2048

Published: May 16, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU12763
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2048
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Django Software Foundation
Affected software:
Django

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to write arbitrary files on the target system.

The weakness exists due to improper access restrictions. A remote attacker can bypass intended access restrictions and create ModelAdmin objects via the "Save as New" option when editing objects and leveraging the "change" permission.

How to mitigate CVE-2016-2048

Update to version 1.9.2.

Sources