CVE-2023-34457 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2023-34457 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 05/07/2023 | CVE Updated: 24/10/2024 | CVE Year: 2023
Source: GitHub_M | Vendor: MechanicalSoup | Product: MechanicalSoup
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2023-34457 Description

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 `` 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.

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: 5.9 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

l➤ Exploitability Metrics:
    Attack Vector (AV)* NETWORK
    Attack Complexity (AC)* HIGH
    Privileges Required (PR)* NONE
    User Interaction (UI)* NONE
    Scope (S)* UNCHANGED

l➤ Impact Metrics:
    Confidentiality Impact (C)* HIGH
    Integrity Impact (I)* NONE
    Availability Impact (A)* NONE

Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-ID: CWE-20
CWE Name: CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
Source: MechanicalSoup

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).