CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2020-5224 — In Django User Sessions (django-user-sessions) before 1.7.1, the views provided allow users to terminate specific sessions

High CVSS 8.8

In Django User Sessions (django-user-sessions) before 1.7.1, the views provided allow users to terminate specific sessions. The session key is used to identify sessions, and thus included in the rendered HTML. In itself this is not a problem. However if the website has an XSS vulnerability, the session key could be extracted by the attacker and a session takeover could happen.

Severity
High
CVSS
8.8 (3.1)
Published
2020-01-24
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
software/application
Weaknesses
CWE-287, CWE-326

Affected products

  • django-user-sessions_project / django-user-sessions

Matched remediation archetype

Authentication bypass and missing authentication

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Check exposure

  • Map every affected endpoint and protocol path, including alternate ports, legacy routes, recovery flows, service accounts, and machine-to-machine access.
  • Confirm which deployments enable the affected authentication mode and whether the interface is reachable from untrusted networks.
  • Review session, token, credential, and proxy trust configuration without attempting account takeover.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the supported fix and centralize fail-closed authentication before protected request handling.
  • Remove default or embedded credentials, rotate affected secrets and sessions, and bind authentication decisions to the intended audience and channel.
  • Add negative tests for alternate routes, malformed or absent credentials, recovery flows, and proxy-derived identity.

Authoritative sources

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