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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-22881

The Host Authorization middleware in Action Pack before 6.1.2.1, 6.0.3.5 suffers from an open redirect vulnerability.

MEDIUM 6.1EPSS 87.3%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 87.3%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

The Host Authorization middleware in Action Pack before 6.1.2.1, 6.0.3.5 suffers from an open redirect vulnerability. Specially crafted `Host` headers in combination with certain "allowed host" formats can cause the Host Authorization middleware in Action Pack to redirect users to a malicious website. Impacted applications will have allowed hosts with a leading dot. When an allowed host contains a leading dot, a specially crafted `Host` header can be used to redirect to a malicious website.

CVSS 3.1
6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS
87.30% probability · 100th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-601
Affected
rubyonrails/rails · fedoraproject/fedora
Source
support@hackerone.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.