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toui allows user-specific variables to be shared between users

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 24, 2023 in mubarakalmehairbi/ToUI • Updated Nov 4, 2023

Package

pip toui (pip)

Affected versions

>= 2.0.1, < 2.4.1

Patched versions

2.4.1

Description

Impact

Websites that use Website.user_vars property in versions.

Patches

It affects versions v2.0.1 to v2.4.0. Please upgrade to v2.4.1

Workarounds

Do not use Website.user_vars in websites when using versions v2.0.1 to v2.4.0. Also, do not use Website.signin_user() in version v2.4.0 only.

Explanation

ToUI is using Flask-Caching (SimpleCache) to store user variables. My misunderstanding was that these caches are stored in the client's browser, but it seems that these are stored in the server side.

References

@mubarakalmehairbi mubarakalmehairbi published to mubarakalmehairbi/ToUI May 24, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2023
Reviewed May 24, 2023
Published by the National Vulnerability Database May 30, 2023
Last updated Nov 4, 2023

Severity

Critical

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

EPSS score

0.169%
(55th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2023-33175

GHSA ID

GHSA-hh7j-pg39-q563

Source code

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