CVE-2016-2048

Publication date 8 February 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
python-django	15.10 wily	Not affected
	15.04 vivid	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

1.9.x only

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 5.5 · Medium

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	High
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	Low
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	None

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5 · Medium
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

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