CVE-2024-6866 (GCVE-0-2024-6866)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-03-20 10:10 – Updated: 2025-11-03 19:34
VLAI
Title
Case-Insensitive Path Matching in corydolphin/flask-cors
Summary
corydolphin/flask-cors version 4.01 contains a vulnerability where the request path matching is case-insensitive due to the use of the `try_match` function, which is originally intended for matching hosts. This results in a mismatch because paths in URLs are case-sensitive, but the regex matching treats them as case-insensitive. This misconfiguration can lead to significant security vulnerabilities, allowing unauthorized origins to access paths meant to be restricted, resulting in data exposure and potential data leaks.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-03-20 17:47 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-178 - Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
corydolphin corydolphin/flask-cors Affected: unspecified , ≤ latest (custom)
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