CVE-2020-28473
MEDIUMbottle < 0.12.19 - Web Cache Poisoning via Parameter Cloaking
Title source: llmDescription
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 x_refsource_confirm
https://snyk.io/blog/cache-poisoning-in-popular-open-source-packages/
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