CVE-2014-0473
The caching framework in Django before 1.4.11, 1.5.x before 1.5.6, 1.6.x before 1.6.3, and 1.7.x before 1.7 beta 2 reuses a cached CSRF token for all anonymous users, which allows remote attackers to bypass CSRF protections by reading the CSRF cookie for anonymous users.
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EPSS
Probability of exploitation (next 30 days): 0.0030 (0.3%)
Percentile: 53.1%
EPSS: 2026-05-06
Affects
djangoproject:djangocanonical:ubuntu_linuxTechnical description
The caching framework in Django before 1.4.11, 1.5.x before 1.5.6, 1.6.x before 1.6.3, and 1.7.x before 1.7 beta 2 reuses a cached CSRF token for all anonymous users, which allows remote attackers to bypass CSRF protections by reading the CSRF cookie for anonymous users.
Published: 4/23/2014, 3:55:03 PM
Last modified: 5/6/2026, 10:30:45 PM
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00023.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0456.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0457.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61281
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2934
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2169-1
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2014/apr/21/security/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00023.html