What is CVE-2023-50448?

CVE-2023-50448 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Activeadmin, classified under Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-12-28.

How severe is CVE-2023-50448?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Activeadmin

CVE-2023-50448

In ActiveAdmin (aka Active Admin) before 2.12.0, a concurrency issue allows a malicious actor to access potentially private data (that belongs to another user) by making CSV export requests at certain specific times.

Published 2023-12-28 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (40.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 40th percentile — 40.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Activeadmin

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-1236 — Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File

References

github.com/activeadmin/activeadmin/pull/7336 (Patch, Issue Tracking)
github.com/activeadmin/activeadmin/security/advisories/GHSA-356j-hg45-x525 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-50448?: CVE-2023-50448 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Activeadmin, classified under Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-12-28.
How severe is CVE-2023-50448?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.