CVE-2020-7965 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Webargs versions 5.x through 5.5.2. The flaw allows JSON POST requests to be made across domains because flaskparser.py fails to validate the Content-Type header, accepting valid JSON even with an application/x-www-form-urlencoded content type. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a severe impact with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability risks, requiring user interaction for exploitation. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 5.0.0, <= 5.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:webargs_project:webargs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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