# CVE-2023-45670: Frigate cross-site request forgery in \`config\_save\` and \`config\_set\` request handlers

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.13.0-beta3
- Published: 2023-10-30 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- blakeblackshear frigate: fixed in 0.13.0-beta3

## Description

Frigate is an open source network video recorder. Prior to version 0.13.0 Beta 3, the `config/save` and `config/set` endpoints of Frigate do not implement any CSRF protection. This makes it possible for a request sourced from another site to update the configuration of the Frigate server (e.g. via "drive-by" attack). Exploiting this vulnerability requires the attacker to both know very specific information about a user's Frigate server and requires an authenticated user to be tricked into clicking a specially crafted link to their Frigate instance. This vulnerability could exploited by an attacker under the following circumstances: Frigate publicly exposed to the internet (even with authentication); attacker knows the address of a user's Frigate instance; attacker crafts a specialized page which links to the user's Frigate instance; attacker finds a way to get an authenticated user to visit their specialized page and click the button/link. This issue can lead to arbitrary configuration updates for the Frigate server, resulting in denial of service and possible data exfiltration. Version 0.13.0 Beta 3 contains a patch.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on blakeblackshear frigate, upgrade to a fixed version (0.13.0-beta3) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/blakeblackshear/frigate/security/advisories/GHSA-xq49-hv88-jr6h
- https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2021/09/07/why-are-developers-vulnerable-to-driveby-attacks/
- https://github.com/blakeblackshear/frigate/blob/5658e5a4cc7376504af9de5e1eff178939a13e7f/frigate/http.py#L1060
- https://github.com/blakeblackshear/frigate/blob/6aedc39a9a421cf48000a727f36b4c1495848a1d/frigate/http.py#L998
- https://github.com/blakeblackshear/frigate/discussions/8366
- https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2023-190_Frigate/

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