Speakr: CSRF bypass via unauthenticated API token parameter in csrf_exempt_for_api_tokens hook
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass, Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-287 and CWE-352.
Summary
Speakr is a personal, self-hosted web application designed for transcribing audio recordings. Prior to 0.8.21-alpha, the csrf_exempt_for_api_tokens() before_request hook in src/app.py calls csrf.exempt(view_func), permanently adding the selected view to Flask-WTF's process-global exemption set. The is_token_authenticated() function in src/utils/token_auth.py calls extract_token_from_request() and treats any present token, including request.args.get('token'), as authenticated without hashing the token, querying the database, or checking validity. A network-reachable attacker can therefore send a false token to disable CSRF protection for the targeted view for the worker lifetime. Because the exemption applies to the view function across HTTP methods, a cross-origin GET to /account with a query token can poison CSRF state for a later state-changing POST without triggering CORS preflight. This browser sequence requires attacker-controlled content on a sibling subdomain under the documented cookie conditions. The bypass can modify profile data, custom prompts, transcription settings, preferences, and administrative status through routes such as admin_toggle_admin. The change_password route also skips current-password verification when current_user.password is empty, allowing the chain to set a local password on an SSO-only account and bypass SSO. This issue is fixed in version 0.8.21-alpha.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| murtaza-nasir | speakr | before 0.8.21-alpha | 0.8.21-alpha | Patch available | CNA |
- speakr Vendormurtaza-nasir Affected before 0.8.21-alpha Fixed in 0.8.21-alpha Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA speakr (murtaza-nasir) Fixed in 0.8.21-alpha
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-54510
References
More murtaza-nasir vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-33107 Speakr: Open redirect in is_safe_url via parser mismatch on next parameter CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
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