The session.flush function in the cached_db backend in Django 1.8.x before 1.8.2 does not properly flush the session, which allows remote attackers to hijack user sessions via an empty string in the session key.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2015-06-02T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T06:04:02.239Z

Reserved: 2015-05-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-3982

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2015-06-02T14:59:10.987

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2015-3982

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2015-05-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-3982 - Bugzilla