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User-specific variables are shared between users

Critical
mubarakalmehairbi published GHSA-hh7j-pg39-q563 May 24, 2023

Package

pip toui (pip)

Affected versions

v2.0.1, v2.4.0

Patched versions

v2.4.1

Description

Impact

Websites that use Website.user_vars property in versions.

Patches

It affects versions v2.0.1 to v2.4.0. Please upgrade to v2.4.1

Workarounds

Do not use Website.user_vars in websites when using versions v2.0.1 to v2.4.0. Also, do not use Website.signin_user() in version v2.4.0 only.

Explanation

ToUI is using Flask-Caching (SimpleCache) to store user variables. My misunderstanding was that these caches are stored in the client's browser, but it seems that these are stored in the server side.

Severity

Critical

CVE ID

CVE-2023-33175

Weaknesses

No CWEs