CVE-2023-23608Public exploitNetwork attack vector

API endpoint redirection via permissive URI parsing

Published Jan 24, 2023 · Updated Mar 10, 2025

Path traversal in Spotipy before 2.22.1 allows remote attackers to redirect a Spotify API request via a crafted URI. The Spotify._get_id method returns a trailing URI or URL value without validating its resource type or restricting it to a base-62 identifier, so embedded .. segments change the requested endpoint. Reachability requires a consuming application to accept attacker-controlled Spotify identifiers and forward them to Spotipy; resulting harm depends on its handling of the unexpected response.

CVSS severity4.3
Medium
EPSS probability0.66%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Path traversal in Spotipy before 2.22.1 allows remote attackers to redirect a Spotify API request via a crafted URI. The Spotify._get_id method returns a trailing URI or URL value without validating its resource type or restricting it to a base-62 identifier, so embedded .. segments change the requested endpoint. Reachability requires a consuming application to accept attacker-controlled Spotify identifiers and forward them to Spotipy; resulting harm depends on its handling of the unexpected response.

The record

CVE
CVE-2023-23608
Published
Jan 24, 2023
Updated
Mar 10, 2025
Vendor
Spotipy
Product
Spotipy
Classifications
CWE-843, CWE-23, CWE-20
Attack vector
network
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jan 24, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Mar 10, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=< 2.22.1

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Spotipy · Spotipyversion=< 2.22.1

Published CVSS scores

4.3NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
0.0GitHubCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-843Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')
CWE-23Relative Path Traversal
CWE-20Improper Input Validation

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