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CVE-2024-6866
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2025-03-20T10:15:34.620 · Last modified 2026-06-17T08:18:52.173

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.

Affected products

flask-cors_project — flask-cors

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