CVE-2023-52288

CVSS 3.1 Score 7.5 of 10 (high)

Details

Published Jan 13, 2024
Updated: Jan 24, 2024
CWE ID 22

Summary

CVE-2023-52288 is a newly identified vulnerability affecting the flaskcode package up to version 0.0.8 used in Python applications. This issue involves an unauthenticated directory traversal, which can be exploited through a maliciously crafted GET request to a /resource-data/<file_path>.txt URI in views.py. Attackers can leverage this vulnerability to read arbitrary files on the affected system, posing a significant risk to data confidentiality. Unpatched systems are at risk of being compromised. Users are strongly advised to update their flaskcode packages to the latest version to mitigate this issue.

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