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SCA: security update for Django (GHSA-x88j-93vc-wpmp)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 422293

Description

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

 - django.contrib.sessions in Django before 1.2.7 and 1.3.x before 1.3.1, when session data is stored in the
 cache, uses the root namespace for both session identifiers and application-data keys, which allows remote
 attackers to modify a session by triggering use of a key that is equal to that session's identifier.
 (CVE-2011-4136)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x88j-93vc-wpmp

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 422293

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.1

Percentile: 6.91

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-4136

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 2.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/23/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/9/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4136

BID: 49573

cwe: CWE-20