Vulnerability in Djangoproject Django

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. 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.

EPSS: 0.020 (79.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16984?
CVE-2018-16984 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Djangoproject Django, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2018-10-02.
How severe is CVE-2018-16984?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.