Open Redirect in Rubyonrails Rails

CVE-2021-44528

A open redirect vulnerability exists in Action Pack >= 6.0.0 that could allow an attacker to craft a "X-Forwarded-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.

Vulnerability class: Open Redirect

EPSS: 0.042 (89.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

  • Rubyonrails Rails — versions 6.0.4.2, 6.1.4.2, 7.0.0
  • N/a Https://github.com/rails/rails — versions 6.1.4.2, 6.0.4.2, 7.0.0.rc2

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-44528?
CVE-2021-44528 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Rubyonrails Rails, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-01-10.
How severe is CVE-2021-44528?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-44528 known to be exploited?
4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.