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CVE-2019-25091: 
Python vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A vulnerability was identified in nsupdate.info affecting the CSRF Cookie Handler component in the file src/nsupdate/settings/base.py. The issue relates to the CSRF_COOKIE_HTTPONLY setting not being enabled, which could expose cookies to unauthorized access. The vulnerability was disclosed on December 27, 2022 and is tracked as CVE-2019-25091 (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-1004 (Sensitive Cookie Without 'HttpOnly' Flag). The CVSS v3.1 base score is 5.3 (MEDIUM) with vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N. The issue stems from the CSRF cookie configuration where CSRF_COOKIE_HTTPONLY was set to False, allowing potential access to the cookie via JavaScript (GitHub Commit).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow malicious JavaScript to access CSRF cookie values, potentially leading to unauthorized access to sensitive information and compromising the cross-site request forgery protection mechanism (VulDB).

Mitigation and workarounds

The issue has been fixed by setting CSRF_COOKIE_HTTPONLY to True in the patch 60a3fe559c453bc36b0ec3e5dd39c1303640a59a. Users should update to the patched version of the software (GitHub PR).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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