GHSA-XW7C-JX9M-XH5G

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2021-06-07 21:47 – Updated: 2024-11-18 16:26
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Summary
Reflected cross-site scripting issue in Datasette
Details

Impact

The ?_trace=1 debugging feature in Datasette does not correctly escape generated HTML, resulting in a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability.

This vulnerability is particularly relevant if your Datasette installation includes authenticated features using plugins such as datasette-auth-passwords as an attacker could use the vulnerability to access protected data.

Patches

Datasette 0.57 and 0.56.1 both include patches for this issue.

Workarounds

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.

References

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open a discussion in simonw/datasette * Email us at swillison+datasette @ gmail.com

Severity
7.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "datasette"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.56.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-32670"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-79"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2021-06-07T20:59:14Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "### Impact\n\nThe `?_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.\n\nThis 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.\n\n### Patches\n\nDatasette 0.57 and 0.56.1 both include patches for this issue.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nIf you run Datasette behind a proxy you can workaround this issue by rejecting any incoming requests with `?_trace=` or `\u0026_trace=` in their query string parameters.\n\n### References\n\n- [OWASP guide to reflected cross-site scripting](https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/xss/#reflected-xss-attacks)\n- [Datasette issue #1360](https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1360)\n\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n* Open a discussion in [simonw/datasette](https://github.com/simonw/datasette/discussions)\n* Email us at `swillison+datasette @ gmail.com`\n",
  "id": "GHSA-xw7c-jx9m-xh5g",
  "modified": "2024-11-18T16:26:14Z",
  "published": "2021-06-07T21:47:41Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/security/advisories/GHSA-xw7c-jx9m-xh5g"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1360"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://datasette.io/plugins/datasette-auth-passwords"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gff3-739c-gxfq"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/datasette/PYSEC-2021-89.yaml"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/xss/#reflected-xss-attacks"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://pypi.org/project/datasette"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Reflected cross-site scripting issue in Datasette"
}



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