Permissive Cross-domain Policy with Untrusted Domains

Property
Language
Severity
CWE	CWE-942: Permissive Cross-domain Policy with Untrusted Domains
OWASP	A07:2021 - Identification and Authentication Failures
Confidence Level	Low
Impact Level	High
Likelihood Level	Low

Description#

Allowing all origins (’*’) with ‘supports_credentials=True’ in Flask-CORS lets any website send authenticated requests to your backend and receive sensitive data. This misconfiguration exposes cookies and authenticated sessions to untrusted third parties.

Impact#

Attackers can make cross-origin requests from any site, potentially stealing user data, session cookies, or performing actions on behalf of users without their consent. This can lead to data breaches, account compromise, and loss of user trust.