Fix CORS misconfiguration in Python and Flask
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Register flask-cors for the API routes with exact origins from configuration
and supports_credentials=True. Literal origins are compared as whole strings,
ignoring case: listed origins get their own origin back with credentials,
others, null included, get no CORS headers, and a hook adds Vary: Origin to
every API response. Never keep the default origins="*" with credentials or use
regex origins.

Page: https://softwaresecurity.com/fix/cors-misconfiguration/python-flask/

What is in this archive
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cors-misconfiguration/python-flask/   the project: three implementations of the same code and one test suite
  impl/vulnerable.py   (vulnerable)
  impl/fixed.py   (fixed)
  impl/wrong.py   (a plausible fix that still fails)
run-all.mjs   runs the tests in all three modes and checks the results (Node.js only)
LICENSE-CODE.txt

Run it
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  Tested with CPython 3.14.8. run-all.mjs needs Node.js 22 or later. Supported
  versions: https://softwaresecurity.com/fix/versions/

  From the cors-misconfiguration/python-flask folder, install the dependencies
  once (this needs network access):

    python3.14 -m venv .venv
    .venv/bin/python -m pip install --require-hashes -r requirements.txt

  Then run the tests. IMPL chooses the implementation the tests load:

    # every test passes
    IMPL=fixed .venv/bin/python -m pytest
    # an exploit test fails
    IMPL=vulnerable .venv/bin/python -m pytest
    # a test fails
    IMPL=wrong .venv/bin/python -m pytest

  The JUnit report is written to reports/junit.xml. To run all three modes and
  check the results in one step, run the harness from this top folder (it needs
  only Node.js; --install runs the install step first):

    node run-all.mjs --install cors-misconfiguration/python-flask
    node run-all.mjs cors-misconfiguration/python-flask

Verified
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  11 October 2026 on macOS 27.0 (Darwin 27.0.0, arm64), with python 3.14.8, pip
  26.2.1, flask 3.1.3, flaskCors 6.0.5, werkzeug 3.1.9, pytest 9.1.1. Versions
  and results hold for that date: run the tests with your own versions before
  relying on the fix.

Licence
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  The code is MIT licensed (LICENSE-CODE.txt). The page text is CC BY 4.0.
