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Flask-Cors is vulnerable to Improper Output Neutralization for Logs (Log Injection)

Improper Output Neutralization for Logs (Log Injection)CVE-2024-1681 Published May 6, 2024

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Medium Risk

This Affects:

pythonFlask-Cors
2.0.0 - 4.0.0
Fixed in 4.0.1
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TL;DR

Affected versions of the Flask-Cors library are vulnerable to log injection when the log level is set to debug. An attacker can inject fake log entries into the log file by sending a specially crafted GET request containing a CRLF sequence in the request path. This vulnerability allows attackers to corrupt log files, potentially covering tracks of other attacks, confusing log post-processing tools, and forging log entries. The issue arises from improper output neutralization for logs.

Who does this affect?

You are affected if you are using a version that falls within the vulnerable range.

Background info

Flask-Cors is vulnerable to Improper Output Neutralization for Logs (Log Injection) in versions 2.0.0 - 4.0.0.

How to fix this

Upgrade the Flask-Cors library to the patch version.