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GHSA-74j6-3hh4-w3f5 CVE-2022-3267 PYSEC-2022-284

rdiffweb Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability

Medium PyPI
Severity
0.0 / 10
Medium · CVSS 4.0
Exploit chance (EPSS)
0.39%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Higher than 33.22% of scored vulnerabilities.
Known exploited
No
Not in CISA's catalog
Weakness
CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Fix
2.4.6
Upgrade rdiffweb to this version or later

Description

rdiffweb prior to 2.4.6 is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery on the repository settings. A malicious user can change the settings of a repository by sending a URL to the victim. This issue is fixed in version 2.4.6.

Affected versions

PyPI

PackageVulnerableFixed in
rdiffweb
< 2.4.6
2.4.6
rdiffweb
< 2.4.6
2.4.6

How to fix

Move to the fixed version or later with your package manager, update the lockfile, and run your tests. If the package only arrives through another dependency, upgrade that dependency first. If none of its releases pulls a fixed version yet, force the version with your package manager's override.

rdiffweb PyPI → 2.4.6

pip
pip install --upgrade "rdiffweb>=2.4.6"
poetry
poetry add "rdiffweb>=2.4.6"
uv
uv add "rdiffweb>=2.4.6"

Severity breakdown

CVSS 4.0 0.0

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Passive
Confidentiality (vulnerable system)
None
Integrity (vulnerable system)
Low
Availability (vulnerable system)
None
Confidentiality (subsequent systems)
None
Integrity (subsequent systems)
None
Availability (subsequent systems)
None

CVSS 3.1 4.3

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

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Weakness

CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

The web application does not, or cannot, sufficiently verify whether a request was intentionally provided by the user who sent the request, which could have originated from an unauthorized actor.

How to prevent it
  • Architecture and Design: Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid [REF-1482]. For example, use anti-CSRF packages such as the OWASP CSRFGuard. [REF-330] Another example is the ESAPI Session Management control, which includes a component for CSRF. [REF-45]
  • Implementation: Ensure that the application is free of cross-site scripting issues (CWE-79), because most CSRF defenses can be bypassed using attacker-controlled script.
  • Architecture and Design: Generate a unique nonce for each form, place the nonce into the form, and verify the nonce upon receipt of the form. Be sure that the nonce is not predictable (CWE-330). [REF-332]
  • Architecture and Design: Identify especially dangerous operations. When the user performs a dangerous operation, send a separate confirmation request to ensure that the user intended to perform that operation.
  • Architecture and Design: Use the "double-submitted cookie" method as described by Felten and Zeller: When a user visits a site, the site should generate a pseudorandom value and set it as a cookie on the user's machine. The site should require every form submission to include this value as a form value and also as a cookie value. When a POST request is sent to the site, the request should only be considered valid if the form value and the cookie value are the same. Because of the same-origin policy, an attacker cannot read or modify the value stored in the cookie. To successfully submit a form on behalf of the user, the attacker would have to correctly guess the pseudorandom value. If the pseudorandom value is cryptographically strong, this will be prohibitively difficult. This technique requires Javascript, so it may not work for browsers that have Javascript disabled. [REF-331]
  • Architecture and Design: Do not use the GET method for any request that triggers a state change.
  • Implementation: Check the HTTP Referer header to see if the request originated from an expected page. This could break legitimate functionality, because users or proxies may have disabled sending the Referer for privacy reasons.

References

Timeline

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  3. Latest EPSS score
AdvisorySeverityWhy it's related
GHSA-v4gp-hf5j-4566
IKUS Rdiffweb allows an attacker with any valid or stolen access token to act as other users
High Also affects rdiffweb
GHSA-c4rv-2j6x-pq7x
Rdiffweb Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability
High Also affects rdiffweb
GHSA-wwrg-2w5j-grvx
RDiffWeb vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Medium Also affects rdiffweb
GHSA-wf33-6x33-wcf9
rdiffweb vulnerable to Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness
High Also affects rdiffweb
GHSA-m8r9-qxx8-mrxp
rdiffweb Improper Access Control vulnerability
Critical Also affects rdiffweb
GHSA-h5wp-jrqc-cwwx
rdiffweb vulnerable to Open Redirect
High Also affects rdiffweb
GHSA-83pm-7v48-5jp4
rdiffweb vulnerable to Special Element Injection
Medium Also affects rdiffweb
GHSA-7q4r-x5qg-mmcp
rdiffweb has no rate limit on resend email feature
Medium Also affects rdiffweb
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