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CVE-2023-30861
May 02, 2023
Flask is a lightweight WSGI web application framework. When all of the following conditions are met, a response containing data intended for one client may be cached and subsequently sent by the proxy to other clients. If the proxy also caches "Set-Cookie" headers, it may send one client's "session" cookie to other clients. The severity depends on the application's use of the session and the proxy's behavior regarding cookies. The risk depends on all these conditions being met. 1. The application must be hosted behind a caching proxy that does not strip cookies or ignore responses with cookies. 2. The application sets "session.permanent = True" 3. The application does not access or modify the session at any point during a request. 4. "SESSION_REFRESH_EACH_REQUEST" enabled (the default). 5. The application does not set a "Cache-Control" header to indicate that a page is private or should not be cached. This happens because vulnerable versions of Flask only set the "Vary: Cookie" header when the session is accessed or modified, not when it is refreshed (re-sent to update the expiration) without being accessed or modified. This issue has been fixed in versions 2.3.2 and 2.2.5.
Affected Packages
Flask (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=0.1 <2.2.5
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.2.5
Flask (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=2.3.0 <2.3.2
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.3.2
Additional Notes
The description of this vulnerability differs from MITRE.
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Use of Persistent Cookies Containing Sensitive Information
EPSS
Base Score:
0.18