Description
Datasette is an open source multi-tool for exploring and publishing data. The `?_trace=1` debugging feature in Datasette does not correctly escape generated HTML, resulting in a [reflected cross-site scripting](https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/xss/#reflected-xss-attacks) vulnerability. This vulnerability is particularly relevant if your Datasette installation includes authenticated features using plugins such as [datasette-auth-passwords](https://datasette.io/plugins/datasette-auth-passwords) as an attacker could use the vulnerability to access protected data. Datasette 0.57 and 0.56.1 both include patches for this issue. If you run Datasette behind a proxy you can workaround this issue by rejecting any incoming requests with `?_trace=` or `&_trace=` in their query string parameters.
Published: 2021-06-07
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-0051 Datasette is an open source multi-tool for exploring and publishing data. The `?_trace=1` debugging feature in Datasette does not correctly escape generated HTML, resulting in a [reflected cross-site scripting](https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/xss/#reflected-xss-attacks) vulnerability. This vulnerability is particularly relevant if your Datasette installation includes authenticated features using plugins such as [datasette-auth-passwords](https://datasette.io/plugins/datasette-auth-passwords) as an attacker could use the vulnerability to access protected data. Datasette 0.57 and 0.56.1 both include patches for this issue. If you run Datasette behind a proxy you can workaround this issue by rejecting any incoming requests with `?_trace=` or `&_trace=` in their query string parameters.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-xw7c-jx9m-xh5g Reflected cross-site scripting issue in Datasette
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Datasette Datasette
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T23:25:31.015Z

Reserved: 2021-05-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-32670

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Status : Modified

Published: 2021-06-07T22:15:07.650

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:07:29.883

Link: CVE-2021-32670

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