CVE-2023-34457

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Summary

CVECVE-2023-34457
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-07-05 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-08-03 15:15:00 UTC
DescriptionMechanicalSoup 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mechanicalsoup Project Mechanicalsoup All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Malicious web server can read arbitrary files on client using file input inside HTML form · Advisory · MechanicalSoup/MechanicalSoup · GitHub MISC github.com
Release Version 1.3.0 · MechanicalSoup/MechanicalSoup · GitHub MISC github.com
Merge pull request from GHSA-x456-3ccm-m6j4 · MechanicalSoup/MechanicalSoup@d57c4a2 · GitHub MISC github.com
CVE-2023-34457 Python Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security MISC security.netapp.com
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