Django 1.9.x before 1.9.2, when ModelAdmin.save_as is set to True, allows remote…
Priority LOW 28CWE-284Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-284.
Summary
Django 1.9.x before 1.9.2, when ModelAdmin.save_as is set to True, allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and create ModelAdmin objects via the "Save as New" option when editing objects and leveraging the "change" permission.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01529 74th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Django (PyPI): 1.9.2
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | Django (PyPI) | 1.9 to before 1.9.2 | 1.9.2 | Patch available | GHSA-46x4-9jmv-jc8p |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Django (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 1.9 to before 1.9.2 Fixed in 1.9.2 Patch available GHSA-46x4-9jmv-jc8p
CPE configurations NVD · 2
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.9 | Vulnerable | djangoproject |
| cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.9.1 | Vulnerable | djangoproject |
- cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.9 Vulnerable ·djangoproject
- cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.9.1 Vulnerable ·djangoproject
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-46x4-9jmv-jc8p Django (PyPI) Fixed in 1.9.2 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 9 products
- Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.2
- Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.3
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo) Operational Tools
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty)
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) Operational Tools
- Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-2048
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-46x4-9jmv-jc8p
References
Other 7
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/feb/01/releases-192-and-189/
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/adbca5e4db42542575734b8e5d26961c8ada7265
- https://github.com/django/django
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2016-14.yaml
- https://web.archive.org/web/20210123075529/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82329
- https://web.archive.org/web/20211204051406/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034894
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/feb/01/releases-192-and-189
More djangoproject Django vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-15177 An issue was discovered in Django 3.2 before 3.2.14 and 4.0 before 4.0.6. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-05994 Django 1.11 before 1.11.28, 2.2 before 2.2.10, and 3.0 before 3.0.3 allows SQL Injection… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-10198 An issue was discovered in the Multipart Request Parser in Django 3.2 before 3.2.18, 4.0… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2019-14306 Django before 1.11.27, 2.x before 2.2.9, and 3.x before 3.0.1 allows account takeover. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-10595 An issue was discovered in Django 1.11.x before 1.11.23, 2.1.x before 2.1.11, and 2.2.x… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-14006 Django 3.1.x before 3.1.13 and 3.2.x before 3.2.5 allows QuerySet.order_by SQL injection… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2016-2048 · CVE Program
- CVE-2016-2048 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-46x4-9jmv-jc8p · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2016-2048 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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