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CVE-2007-0405
The LazyUser class in the AuthenticationMiddleware for Django 0.95 does not properly cache the user name across requests, which allows…
Medium6.5EPSS 1.3%
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Description
The LazyUser class in the AuthenticationMiddleware for Django 0.95 does not properly cache the user name across requests, which allows remote authenticated users to gain the privileges of a different user.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 29% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIDjangoGHSA-mwv2-398h-v489 (opens in a new tab)
References (4)
- django-request-session-hijacking(31628) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 23826 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://code.djangoproject.com/changeset/3754 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 22138 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-mwv2-398h-v489 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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