CVE-2024-1968 affects the scrapy/scrapy library, where it fails to remove the Authorization header during redirects that downgrade from HTTPS to HTTP on the same domain. This oversight, contrary to the Fetch standard, can lead to the inadvertent exposure of sensitive authentication credentials in plaintext. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a network attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially resulting in high confidentiality impact due to information disclosure. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.8.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:scrapy:scrapy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.0.0, < 2.11.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:scrapy:scrapy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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