Sensitive Application Secrets Disclosure in Django's get_format Function

CVE-2015-8213 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

The get_format function in utils/formats.py in Django before 1.7.x before 1.7.11, 1.8.x before 1.8.7, and 1.9.x before 1.9rc2 might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive application secrets via a settings key in place of a date/time format setting, as demonstrated by SECRET_KEY.

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