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flaskBlog arbitrary comment delete

Type: advisorySources: OSV

flaskBlog is a blog app built with Flask. In 2.8.0 and earlier, when deleting a comment, there's no validation of the ownership of the comment. Every user can delete an arbitrary comment of another user on every post, by simply intercepting the delete request and changing the commentID. The code that causes the problem is in routes/post.py.

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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2025-55737
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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8 Nov 2026, 02:14 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

flaskBlog arbitrary comment delete

core-osv · Original source

Published 19 Aug 2025, 19:06 UTC

flaskBlog is a blog app built with Flask. In 2.8.0 and earlier, when deleting a comment, there's no validation of the ownership of the comment. Every user can delete an arbitrary comment of another user on every post, by simply intercepting the delete request and changing the commentID. The code that causes the problem is in routes/post.py.

osv:CVE-2025-55737
Complete source record
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    "summary": "flaskBlog is a blog app built with Flask. In 2.8.0 and earlier, when deleting a comment, there's no validation of the ownership of the comment. Every user can delete an arbitrary comment of another user on every post, by simply intercepting the delete request and changing the commentID. The code that causes the problem is in routes/post.py.",
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