Medium severity · published Oct 2, 2018
CVE-2018-16984
An issue was discovered in Django 2.1 before 2.1.2, in which unprivileged users can read the password hashes of arbitrary accounts
4.9
CVSS
2.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in Django 2.1 before 2.1.2, in which unprivileged users can read the password hashes of arbitrary accounts. The read-only password widget used by the Django Admin to display an obfuscated password hash was bypassed if a user has only the "view" permission (new in Django 2.1), resulting in display of the entire password hash to those users. This may result in a vulnerability for sites with legacy user accounts using insecure hashes.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.1% · higher than 81% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DJ
Django · Djangoproject
2.1 before 2.1.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16984
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16984
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041749
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190502-0009/
Vendor Advisory
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2018/oct/01/security-release/
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