flaskcode package up to 0.0.8 on Python GET Request /resource-data/.txt path traversal

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A vulnerability was found in flaskcode package up to 0.0.8 on Python. It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown function of the file /resource-data/.txt of the component GET Request Handler. Such manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2023-52288. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in flaskcode package up to 0.0.8 on Python. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the file /resource-data/.txt of the component GET Request Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in the flaskcode package through 0.0.8 for Python. An unauthenticated directory traversal, exploitable with a GET request to a /resource-data/.txt URI (from views.py), allows attackers to read arbitrary files.

The weakness was released 01/13/2024. The advisory is shared for download at gitlab.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-52288 since 12/31/2023. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

By approaching the search of inurl:resource-data/.txt it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• flaskcode package

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• 0.0.1
• 0.0.2
• 0.0.3
• 0.0.4
• 0.0.5
• 0.0.6
• 0.0.7
• 0.0.8

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