CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-23385
6.1 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-08-02
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.4 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.1 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-601
Description
This affects all versions of package Flask-Security. When using the get_post_logout_redirect and get_post_login_redirect functions, it is possible to bypass URL validation and redirect a user to an arbitrary URL by providing multiple back slashes such as \\\evil.com/path. This vulnerability is only exploitable if an alternative WSGI server other than Werkzeug is used, or the default behaviour of Werkzeug is modified using 'autocorrect_location_header=False. **Note:** Flask-Security is not maintained anymore.
Affected configurations
• flask-security project flask-security
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-601 URL Redirection to Untrusted Site weakness
References
- https://github.com/mattupstate/flask-security Product, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00034.html lists.debian.org
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-FLASKSECURITY-1293234 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://snyk.io/blog/url-confusion-vulnerabilities/ Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/mattupstate/flask-security Product, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00034.html lists.debian.org
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-FLASKSECURITY-1293234 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://snyk.io/blog/url-confusion-vulnerabilities/ Technical Description, Third Party Advisory