CVE-2008-7248
6.6 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
6.8 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.155 Low
EPSS
Percentile
95.8%
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.
References
groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/browse_thread/thread/d741ee286e36e301?hl=en
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html
pseudo-flaw.net/content/web-browsers/form-data-encoding-roundup/
secunia.com/advisories/36600
secunia.com/advisories/38915
weblog.rubyonrails.org/2008/11/18/potential-circumvention-of-csrf-protection-in-rails-2-1
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/28/1
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/02/2
www.rorsecurity.info/journal/2008/11/19/circumvent-rails-csrf-protection.html
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2544
Related
6.6 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
6.8 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.155 Low
EPSS
Percentile
95.8%