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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2016-2048

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.

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1 Nov 2026, 05:01 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2016-2048

core-osv · Original source

Published 8 Feb 2016, 19:59 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2016-2048
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-2048",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2016-2048",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-2048",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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        "GHSA-46x4-9jmv-jc8p",
        "PYSEC-2016-14"
      ],
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N"
        }
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                        "last_affected": "1.9.1"
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          "database_specific": {
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          }
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:23.895458246Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/feb/01/releases-192-and-189/"
      ],
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        "value": "CVE-2016-2048",
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 431031,
  "published_at": "2016-02-08T19:59:05.47+00:00"
}