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CVE-2021-21241PYSEC-2021-91GHSA-HH7M-RX4F-4VPV

CSRF can expose users authentication token in Flask-Security-Too

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Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 3.4.5
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

The Python "Flask-Security-Too" package is used for adding security features to your Flask application. It is an is a independently maintained version of Flask-Security based on the 3.0.0 version of Flask-Security. In Flask-Security-Too from version 3.3.0 and before version 3.4.5, the /login and /change endpoints can return the authenticated user's authentication token in response to a GET request. Since GET requests aren't protected with a CSRF token, this could lead to a malicious 3rd party site acquiring the authentication token. Version 3.4.5 and version 4.0.0 are patched. As a workaround, if you aren't using authentication tokens - you can set the SECURITY_TOKEN_MAX_AGE to "0" (seconds) which should make the token unusable.

Timeline

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Affected versions

  • Flask-Middleware flask-security-too

    From 3.3.0 · fixed in 3.4.5

  • flask-security-tooPyPI

    From 3.3.0 · fixed in 3.4.5

References 6

GitHub · Flask-Middleware/flask-security

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