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SCA: security update for Django (GHSA-6wgp-fwfm-mxp3)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 434920

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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.
 (CVE-2015-3982)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6wgp-fwfm-mxp3

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 434920

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/20/2025

Updated: 8/20/2025

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-3982

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/21/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3982

BID: 74960

cwe: CWE-384