Improper Access Control Affecting flask-cors package, versions [4.0.0,5.0.0)
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- published19 Aug 2024
- disclosed18 Aug 2024
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Introduced: 18 Aug 2024
CVE-2024-6221 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Flask-Cors to version 5.0.0 or higher.
Overview
Flask-Cors is an A Flask extension adding a decorator for CORS support
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Access Control due to the default configuration of the Access-Control-Allow-Private-Network CORS header. An attacker can expose private network resources to unauthorized external access by leveraging this default setting.