CVE-2015-8213: Djangoproject Django

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 4.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Djangoproject Django: up to and including 1.7.10; version 1.8.0 only; version 1.8.1 only; version 1.8.2 only; version 1.8.3 only; version 1.8.4 only; …

Published 2015-12-07. Last modified 2026-06-17.