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CVE-2016-7401

HIGH severity · CVSS 7.5 · CWE-254
7.5CVSS HIGH

Summary

The cookie parsing code in Django before 1.8.15 and 1.9.x before 1.9.10, when used on a site with Google Analytics, allows remote attackers to bypass an intended CSRF protection mechanism by setting arbitrary cookies.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)6%

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

Affected products we track (3)

DjangoUbuntuDebian

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Additional information

Last checked: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 22:18:30 UTC