CVE-2021-32670

Description

Datasette is an open source multi-tool for exploring and publishing data. The _trace=1 debugging feature in Datasette does not correctly escape generated HTML, resulting in a [reflected cross-site scripting](https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/xss/#reflected-xss-attacks) vulnerability. This vulnerability is particularly relevant if your Datasette installation includes authenticated features using plugins such as [datasette-auth-passwords](https://datasette.io/plugins/datasette-auth-passwords) as an attacker could use the vulnerability to access protected data. Datasette 0.57 and 0.56.1 both include patches for this issue. If you run Datasette behind a proxy you can workaround this issue by rejecting any incoming requests with _trace= or &_trace= in their query string parameters.

Risk Information

Base Score

6.1

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.594

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Vulnerabilities CVE-2021-32670 are fixed in Python-datasette 0.56.1	Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2021-32670 are fixed in Python-datasette for linux 0.56.1	Linux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234