# CVE-2024-27083: Flask-AppBuilder's OAuth login page subject to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-1381, GHSA-FQXJ-46WG-9V84
- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.2.1
- Published: 2024-02-28 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- dpgaspar Flask-AppBuilder: from 4.1.4, fixed in 4.2.1
- flask-appbuilder (PyPI): from 4.1.4, fixed in 4.2.1

## Description

Flask-AppBuilder is an application development framework, built on top of Flask. A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been discovered on the OAuth login page. An attacker could trick a user to follow a specially crafted URL to the OAuth login page. This URL could inject and execute malicious javascript code that would get executed on the user's browser. This issue was introduced on 4.1.4 and patched on 4.2.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Flask, upgrade to a fixed version (4.2.1) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/dpgaspar/Flask-AppBuilder/security/advisories/GHSA-fqxj-46wg-9v84
- https://github.com/dpgaspar/Flask-AppBuilder/commit/3d17741886e4b3c384d0570de69689e4117aa812

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