CVE-2020-28473

MEDIUM

bottle < 0.12.19 - Web Cache Poisoning via Parameter Cloaking

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The package bottle from 0 and before 0.12.19 are vulnerable to Web Cache Poisoning by using a vector called parameter cloaking. When the attacker can separate query parameters using a semicolon (;), they can cause a difference in the interpretation of the request between the proxy (running with default configuration) and the server. This can result in malicious requests being cached as completely safe ones, as the proxy would usually not see the semicolon as a separator, and therefore would not include it in a cache key of an unkeyed parameter.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-BOTTLE-1017108
Product, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/bottlepy/bottle
Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00019.html

Scores

CVSS v3 6.8
EPSS 0.0184
EPSS Percentile 76.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-444
Status published
Products (3)
bottlepy/bottle < 0.12.19
debian/debian_linux 9.0
pypi/bottle 0 - 0.12.19PyPI
Published Jan 18, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026