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title: "CVE-2016-2048\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2016-2048

Publication date 8 February 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**5.5 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2048?format=md#impact-score)

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## 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](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2048?format=md#notes)

## 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 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~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

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2048)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2048)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2016-2048)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2048)

### Other references

* <https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/feb/01/releases-192-and-189/>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2048>