CVE-2022-51020
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
Flower before 2.2.0 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability because Tornado xsrf_cookies is disabled and the OAuth session cookie lacks SameSite. Attackers can lure authenticated users to malicious pages that POST to /api/worker/shutdown, /api/worker/pool/restart, or /api/task/revoke to shut down Celery workers, resize pools, and revoke tasks.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
6.0
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2026-10-12 21:17:06.227000
Last modified
2026-11-10 12:10:00.177000
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"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-10-12T21:17:06.227",
"lastModified": "2026-11-10T12:10:00.177",
"vulnStatus": "Deferred",
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"value": "Flower versiones anteriores a 2.2.0 contiene una vulnerabilidad de falsificación de petición en sitios cruzados (CSRF) porque xsrf_cookies de Tornado está deshabilitado y la cookie de sesión OAuth no tiene SameSite. Los atacantes pueden engañar a usuarios autenticados a páginas maliciosas que realicen un POST a /api/worker/shutdown, /api/worker/pool/restart o /api/task/revoke para detener los workers de Celery, redimensionar los pools y revocar tareas."
}
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"affected": [
{
"source": "[email protected]",
"affectedData": [
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"vendor": "mher",
"product": "flower",
"defaultStatus": "unaffected",
"repo": "https://github.com/mher/flower",
"packageURL": "pkg:pypi/flower",
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"url": "https://github.com/mher/flower",
"source": "[email protected]"
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"url": "https://github.com/mher/flower/blob/v2.1.0/flower/api/control.py#L25-L27",
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}
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}