Vulnerability in Rubyonrails Active Record Session Store
CVE-2019-25025
The activerecord-session_store (aka Active Record Session Store) component through 1.1.3 for Ruby on Rails does not use a constant-time approach when delivering information about whether a guessed session ID is valid. Consequently, remote attackers can leverage timing discrepancies to achieve a correct guess in a relatively short amount of time. This is a related issue to CVE-2019-16782.
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
- Rubyonrails Active_record_session_store
- N/a — versions n/a
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-25025?
- CVE-2019-25025 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Rubyonrails Active Record Session Store. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2021-03-05.
- How severe is CVE-2019-25025?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2019-25025 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.