CVE-2023-6568 — A reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the mlflow/mlflow

A reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the mlflow/mlflow repository, specifically within the handling of the Content-Type header in POST requests. An attacker can inject malicious JavaScript code into the Content-Type header, which is then improperly refle

01What is this vulnerability?

A reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the mlflow/mlflow repository, specifically within the handling of the Content-Type header in POST requests. An attacker can inject malicious JavaScript code into the Content-Type header, which is then improperly reflected back to the user without adequate sanitization or escaping, leading to arbitrary JavaScript execution in the…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
mlflow	mlflow/mlflow	unspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-12-07T04:54:10.377Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-02T08:35:14.502Z

09References

• huntr.com — https://huntr.com/bounties/816bdaaa-8153-4732-951e-b0d92fddf709
• github.com — https://github.com/mlflow/mlflow/commit/28ff3f94994941e038f2172c6484b65dc4db6ca1