What is CVE-2019-16109?

CVE-2019-16109 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Plataformatec Devise. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2019-09-08.

How severe is CVE-2019-16109?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-16109 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Plataformatec Devise

CVE-2019-16109

An issue was discovered in Plataformatec Devise before 4.7.1. It confirms accounts upon receiving a request with a blank confirmation_token, if a database record has a blank value in the confirmation_token column. (However, there is no scenario within Devise itself in which such database records would exist.)

EPSS: 0.018 (76.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Plataformatec Devise
N/a — versions n/a

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-16109?: CVE-2019-16109 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Plataformatec Devise. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2019-09-08.
How severe is CVE-2019-16109?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-16109 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.