VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2008-7248
Ruby on Rails 2.1 before 2.1.3 and 2.2.x before 2.2.2 does not verify tokens for requests with certain content types, which allows remote attackers to bypass cross-site request forgery (CSRF) protection for requests to applications that rely on this…
MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 8.08%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (8.08%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Ruby on Rails 2.1 before 2.1.3 and 2.2.x before 2.2.2 does not verify tokens for requests with certain content types, which allows remote attackers to bypass cross-site request forgery (CSRF) protection for requests to applications that rely on this protection, as demonstrated using text/plain.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 8.08% probability · 94th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- rubyonrails/rails
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/browse_thread/thread/d741ee286e36e301?hl=en
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html
- http://pseudo-flaw.net/content/web-browsers/form-data-encoding-roundup/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36600Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38915
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2008/11/18/potential-circumvention-of-csrf-protection-in-rails-2-1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/28/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/02/2
- http://www.rorsecurity.info/journal/2008/11/19/circumvent-rails-csrf-protection.htmlExploit
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2544Vendor Advisory
- http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/browse_thread/thread/d741ee286e36e301?hl=en
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html
- http://pseudo-flaw.net/content/web-browsers/form-data-encoding-roundup/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36600Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38915
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2008/11/18/potential-circumvention-of-csrf-protection-in-rails-2-1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/28/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/02/2
- http://www.rorsecurity.info/journal/2008/11/19/circumvent-rails-csrf-protection.htmlExploit
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2544Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.