Vulnerability Details : CVE-2023-34457
MechanicalSoup is a Python library for automating interaction with websites. Starting in version 0.2.0 and prior to version 1.3.0, a malicious web server can read arbitrary files on the client using a `<input type="file" ...>` inside HTML form. All users of MechanicalSoup's form submission are affected, unless they took very specific (and manual) steps to reset HTML form field values. Version 1.3.0 contains a patch for this issue.
Vulnerability category: Input validation
Products affected by CVE-2023-34457
- cpe:2.3:a:mechanicalsoup_project:mechanicalsoup:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-34457
0.09%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 39 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2023-34457
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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7.5
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HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
3.9
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3.6
|
NIST | |
5.9
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MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
2.2
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3.6
|
GitHub, Inc. |
CWE ids for CVE-2023-34457
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The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.Assigned by:
- nvd@nist.gov (Secondary)
- security-advisories@github.com (Primary)
References for CVE-2023-34457
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https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230803-0005/
CVE-2023-34457 Python Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security
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https://github.com/MechanicalSoup/MechanicalSoup/security/advisories/GHSA-x456-3ccm-m6j4
Malicious web server can read arbitrary files on client using file input inside HTML form · Advisory · MechanicalSoup/MechanicalSoup · GitHubExploit;Patch;Vendor Advisory
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https://github.com/MechanicalSoup/MechanicalSoup/releases/tag/v1.3.0
Release Version 1.3.0 · MechanicalSoup/MechanicalSoup · GitHubRelease Notes
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https://github.com/MechanicalSoup/MechanicalSoup/commit/d57c4a269bba3b9a0c5bfa20292955b849006d9e
Merge pull request from GHSA-x456-3ccm-m6j4 · MechanicalSoup/MechanicalSoup@d57c4a2 · GitHubPatch
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