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CVE-2017-7235

cfscrape Improper Input Validation vulnerability

8.8 HighFix available

An issue was discovered in cloudflare-scrape 1.6.6 through 1.7.1. A malicious website owner could craft a page that executes arbitrary Python code against any cfscrape user who scrapes that website. This is fixed in 1.8.0.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

1.55%Up 0.7 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 8.8

An issue was discovered in cloudflare-scrape 1.6.6 through 1.7.1. A malicious website owner could craft a page that executes arbitrary Python code against any cfscrape user who scrapes that website. This is fixed in 1.8.0.

Record
CVE-2017-7235
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
6.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

An issue was discovered in cloudflare-scrape 1.6.6 through 1.7.1. A malicious website owner could craft a page that executes arbitrary Python code against any cfscrape user who scrapes that website. This is fixed in 1.8.0.

Record
CVE-2017-7235
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-0016 No score

An issue was discovered in cloudflare-scrape 1.6.6 through 1.7.1. A malicious website owner could craft a page that executes arbitrary Python code against any cfscrape user who scrapes that website. This is fixed in 1.8.0.

Record
EUVD-2017-0016
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5mc5-5j6c-qmf9 8.7

cfscrape Improper Input Validation vulnerability

An issue was discovered in cloudflare-scrape 1.6.6 through 1.7.1. A malicious website owner could craft a page that executes arbitrary Python code against any cfscrape user who scrapes that website. This is fixed in 1.8.0.

Record
GHSA-5mc5-5j6c-qmf9
CVSS 4.0
8.7 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-5mc5-5j6c-qmf9 8.7

cfscrape Improper Input Validation vulnerability

An issue was discovered in cloudflare-scrape 1.6.6 through 1.7.1. A malicious website owner could craft a page that executes arbitrary Python code against any cfscrape user who scrapes that website. This is fixed in 1.8.0.

Record
GHSA-5mc5-5j6c-qmf9
CVSS 4.0
8.7 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVPYSEC-2017-7 No score

An issue was discovered in cloudflare-scrape 1.6.6 through 1.7.1. A malicious website owner could craft a page that executes arbitrary Python code against any cfscrape user who scrapes that website. This is fixed in 1.8.0.

Record
PYSEC-2017-7
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
cfscrape
PyPI
 1.6.6 to 1.7.1
1.8.0
cfscrape
PyPI
 1.6.6 up to 1.8.0, plus listed versions
1.6.71.6.81.7.01.7.1
1.8.0

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2017-7235 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Cloudflare-scrape Project Cloudflare-scrape, published March 23, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.55%, the 75th percentile. Fixed in cfscrape 1.8.0.

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