CSRF tokens leaked in URL by canned query form
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from GitHub. Impact type from CWE-200.
Summary
### Impact The HTML form for a read-only canned query includes the hidden CSRF token field added in #798 for writable canned queries (#698). This means that submitting those read-only forms exposes the CSRF token in the URL - for example on https://latest.datasette.io/fixtures/neighborhood_search submitting the form took me to: https://latest.datasette.io/fixtures/neighborhood_search?text=down&csrftoken=CSRFTOKEN-HERE This token could potentially leak to an attacker if the resulting page has a link to an external site on it and the user clicks the link, since the token would be exposed in the referral logs. ### Patches A fix for this issue has been released in Datasette 0.46. ### Workarounds You can fix this issue in a Datasette instance without upgrading by copying the [0.46 query.html template](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/simonw/datasette/0.46/datasette/templates/query.html) into a custom `templates/` directory and running Datasette with the `--template-dir=templates/` option. ### References Issue 918 discusses this in details: https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/918 ### For more information Contact swillison at gmail with any questions.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | datasette (PyPI) | before 0.46 | 0.46 | Patch available | GHSA-q6j3-c4wc-63vw |
- datasette (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 0.46 Fixed in 0.46 Patch available GHSA-q6j3-c4wc-63vw
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-q6j3-c4wc-63vw datasette (PyPI) Fixed in 0.46 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-q6j3-c4wc-63vw
References
Sources
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