Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in MechanicalSoup - CVE-2023-34457
Published: April 9, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU88218
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-34457
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions. A remote attacker who control a malicious server can read arbitrary files on the client's system using HTML form elements.
Affected software
MechanicalSoup
Fedora
python-mechanicalsoup
Fedora
python-mechanicalsoup
How to mitigate CVE-2023-34457
Install updates from vendor's website.
MechanicalSoup - update to 1.3.0
python-mechanicalsoup - update to 1.3.0-1.fc41
python-mechanicalsoup - update to 1.3.0-1.fc41
External References
- https://github.com/MechanicalSoup/MechanicalSoup/releases/tag/v1.3.0
- https://github.com/MechanicalSoup/MechanicalSoup/security/advisories/GHSA-x456-3ccm-m6j4
- https://github.com/MechanicalSoup/MechanicalSoup/commit/d57c4a269bba3b9a0c5bfa20292955b849006d9e
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230803-0005/