CVE-2020-25032
mediumpriority · track · 31OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.040 · 91 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
An issue was discovered in Flask-CORS (aka CORS Middleware for Flask) before 3.0.9. It allows ../ directory traversal to access private resources because resource matching does not ensure that pathnames are in a canonical format.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
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affected products (11)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-xc3p-ff3m-f46vFlask-Cors Directory Traversal vulnerability2021-05-06ghsa · osvUS
An issue was discovered in Flask-CORS (aka CORS Middleware for Flask) before 3.0.9. It allows `../` directory traversal to access private resources because resource matching does not ensure that pathnames are in a canonical format.
- PYSEC-2020-432020-08-31vendor · osvUS
An issue was discovered in Flask-CORS (aka CORS Middleware for Flask) before 3.0.9. It allows ../ directory traversal to access private resources because resource matching does not ensure that pathnames are in a canonical format.
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references (22)
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00028.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00032.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00039.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00048.htmlcnnvd
- https://github.com/corydolphin/flask-cors/releases/tag/3.0.9cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25032cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Flask-CORS-directory-traversal-33288cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.3594/cnnvd
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