Loading docs/topics/http/sessions.txt +11 −0 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -125,6 +125,17 @@ and the :setting:`SECRET_KEY` setting. .. warning:: **If the :setting:`SECRET_KEY` is not kept secret, this can lead to arbitrary remote code execution.** An attacker in possession of the :setting:`SECRET_KEY` can not only generate falsified session data, which your site will trust, but also remotely execute arbitrary code, as the data is serialized using pickle. If you use cookie-based sessions, pay extra care that your secret key is always kept completely secret, for any system which might be remotely accessible. **The session data is signed but not encrypted** When using the cookies backend the session data can be read by the client. Loading Loading
docs/topics/http/sessions.txt +11 −0 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -125,6 +125,17 @@ and the :setting:`SECRET_KEY` setting. .. warning:: **If the :setting:`SECRET_KEY` is not kept secret, this can lead to arbitrary remote code execution.** An attacker in possession of the :setting:`SECRET_KEY` can not only generate falsified session data, which your site will trust, but also remotely execute arbitrary code, as the data is serialized using pickle. If you use cookie-based sessions, pay extra care that your secret key is always kept completely secret, for any system which might be remotely accessible. **The session data is signed but not encrypted** When using the cookies backend the session data can be read by the client. Loading