toui allows user-specific variables to be shared between users

ÉLEVÉE 7.5CVE-2023-33175 · GHSA-hh7j-pg39-q563 · PYSEC-2026-555 · Published 30/05/2023 · updated 17/06/2026

En bref

CVE-2023-33175 est une vulnérabilité ÉLEVÉE (CVSS 7.5) touchant toui, toui (toui project).
Probabilité d'exploitation dans les 30 prochains jours (EPSS) : 0.66%, plus élevée que 51.7% des vulnérabilités.
Correctif : mettre à jour vers 2.4.1 ou plus récent.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
toui PyPI	`≥ 2.0.1, < 2.4.1`	`2.4.1`
toui toui_project	`≥ 2.0.1, ≤ 2.4.0`	No fix yet

Description

Impact

Websites that use Website.user_vars property in versions.

Patches

It affects versions v2.0.1 to v2.4.0. Please upgrade to v2.4.1

Workarounds

Do not use Website.user_vars in websites when using versions v2.0.1 to v2.4.0. Also, do not use Website.signin_user() in version v2.4.0 only.

Explanation

ToUI is using Flask-Caching (SimpleCache) to store user variables. My misunderstanding was that these caches are stored in the client's browser, but it seems that these are stored in the server side.

NVD description

ToUI is a Python package for creating user interfaces (websites and desktop apps) from HTML. ToUI is using Flask-Caching (SimpleCache) to store user variables. Websites that use `Website.user_vars` property. It affects versions 2.0.1 to 2.4.0. This issue has been patched in version 2.4.1.

References

mubarakalmehairbi/ToUI security advisory · WEB
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-33175 · ADVISORY
mubarakalmehairbi/ToUI · PACKAGE
mubarakalmehairbi/ToUI release v2.4.1 · WEB
pypi.org/project/toui · PACKAGE
GitHub Advisory GHSA-hh7j-pg39-q563 · ADVISORY

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

toui

PyPI

≥ 2.0.1, < 2.4.1

2.4.1

toui

toui_project

≥ 2.0.1, ≤ 2.4.0

No fix yet

Description

Impact

Websites that use Website.user_vars property in versions.

Patches

It affects versions v2.0.1 to v2.4.0. Please upgrade to v2.4.1

Workarounds

Do not use Website.user_vars in websites when using versions v2.0.1 to v2.4.0. Also, do not use Website.signin_user() in version v2.4.0 only.

Explanation

ToUI is using Flask-Caching (SimpleCache) to store user variables. My misunderstanding was that these caches are stored in the client's browser, but it seems that these are stored in the server side.

NVD description