Improper input validation in Rubyonrails Rails
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 protection, as demonstrated using text/plain.
Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.081 (94.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 94.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.081 · newest: 0.081 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Rubyonrails Rails — versions 2.1.0, 2.1.1, 2.1.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/28/1 (mailing-list)
- www.rorsecurity.info/journal/2008/11/19/circumvent-rails-csrf-protection.html (Exploit)
- secunia.com/advisories/36600 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- pseudo-flaw.net/content/web-browsers/form-data-encoding-roundup/
- weblog.rubyonrails.org/2008/11/18/potential-circumvention-of-csrf-protection-in…
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2544 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/browse_thread/thread/d741ee286e36e…
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/02/2 (mailing-list)
- secunia.com/advisories/38915 (third-party-advisory)