Release notes Django 1.4 release notes Backwards incompatible changes in 1.4

Previously, Django’s CSRF protection provided protection only against POST requests.

Release notes Django 1.8.15 release notes

An interaction between Google Analytics and Django’s cookie parsing could allow an attacker to set arbitrary cookies leading to a bypass of CSRF protection.

Release notes Django 1.9.10 release notes

An interaction between Google Analytics and Django’s cookie parsing could allow an attacker to set arbitrary cookies leading to a bypass of CSRF protection.

Release notes Django 4.0 release notes Backwards incompatible changes in 4.0

Release notes Django 1.2 release notes What’s new in Django 1.2

Django now has much improved protection against Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks.

Release notes Django 1.7 release notes What’s new in Django 1.7Minor features

The CSRF_COOKIE_AGE setting facilitates the use of session-based CSRF cookies.

Release notes Django 4.0 release notes Backwards incompatible changes in 4.0CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS changes

Values in the CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS setting must include the scheme (e.g. 'http://' or 'https://') instead of only the hostname. Also, values that started with a dot, must now also include an asterisk before the dot. For example, change '.example.com' to 'https://*.example.com'.

Release notes Django 4.0 release notes Backwards incompatible changes in 4.0CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS changes

As CSRF protection now consults the Origin header, you may need to set CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS, particularly if you allow requests from subdomains by setting CSRF_COOKIE_DOMAIN (or SESSION_COOKIE_DOMAIN if CSRF_USE_SESSIONS is enabled) to a value starting with a dot.

Release notes Django 1.1 release notes What’s new in Django 1.1

Other new features and changes introduced since Django 1.0 include: The CSRF protection middleware has been split into two classes – CsrfViewMiddleware checks incoming requests, and CsrfResponseMiddleware processes outgoing responses.

Release notes Django 1.6 release notes What’s new in Django 1.6

Authentication backends can raise PermissionDenied to immediately fail the authentication chain. The HttpOnly flag can be set on the CSRF cookie with CSRF_COOKIE_HTTPONLY. The assertQuerysetEqual() now checks for undefined order and raises ValueError if undefined order is spotted.

Release notes Django 1.11 release notes Features deprecated in 1.11

CSRF failures are logged to the django.security.csrf logger instead of django.request. ALLOWED_HOSTS validation is no longer disabled when running tests. If your application includes tests with custom host names, you must include those host names in ALLOWED_HOSTS.

Release notes Django 1.2 release notes

Vastly improved protection against Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). A new user “messages” framework with support for cookie- and session-based message for both anonymous and authenticated users. Hooks for object-level permissions, permissions for anonymous users, and more flexible username requirements.

Release notes Django 2.1 release notes Backwards incompatible changes in 2.1

The cookies used for django.contrib.sessions, django.contrib.messages, and Django’s CSRF protection now set the SameSite flag to Lax by default. Browsers that respect this flag won’t send these cookies on cross-origin requests.

Release notes Archive of security issues Issues under Django’s security process

CSRF protection bypass on a site with Google Analytics. Full description

Release notes Archive of security issues Issues under Django’s security process

Potential CSRF via Host header. Full description

Release notes Archive of security issues Issues under Django’s security process

CSRF via forged HTTP headers. Full description

Release notes Archive of security issues Issues under Django’s security process

CSRF via preservation of POST data during admin login. Full description

Release notes Django 1.2.2 release notes

In order to test a bug fix that forms part of the 1.2.2 release, it was necessary to add a feature – the enforce_csrf_checks flag – to the test client.

Release notes Django 1.6 release notes Features deprecated in 1.6

… HTTP header, and this header is being set on a variety of occasions, such as: accessing the session, or using CSRF protection, which is turned on by default, or using a client-side library which sets cookies, like Google Analytics. This …

Release notes Django 1.7.3 release notes

Fixed a crash in the CSRF middleware when handling non-ASCII referer header (#23815). Fixed a crash in the django.contrib.auth.redirect_to_login view when passing a reverse_lazy() result on Python 3 (#24097). Added correct formats for Greek (el) (#23967).