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Ruby on Rails CSRF Vulnerability (Feb 2011)

🗓️ 02 Aug 2010 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AGType 
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Ruby on Rails CSRF Vulnerability. Allows attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery attacks. Upgrade to Ruby on Rails version 3.0.4 or 2.3.11

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2010 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:rubyonrails:rails";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.901184");
  script_version("2025-09-09T05:38:49+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-09 05:38:49 +0000 (Tue, 09 Sep 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2010-08-02 12:38:17 +0200 (Mon, 02 Aug 2010)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2011-0447");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_name("Ruby on Rails CSRF Vulnerability (Feb 2011)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_rails_consolidation.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("rails/detected");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0343");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46291");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/365b8a23b76a6b4a?dmode=source&output=gplain");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow attackers to conduct cross site request
  forgery attacks by using combinations of browser plugins and HTTP redirections.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Ruby on Rails versions 2.1.x, 2.2.x, and 2.3.x before 2.3.11, and 3.x before 3.0.4.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is caused by input validation errors in the CSRF protection feature,
  which could allow attackers to conduct cross site request forgery attacks by using combinations of browser plugins
  and HTTP redirections.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 2.3.11, 3.0.4 or later.");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Ruby on Rails is prone to cross-site request forgery (CSRF)
  vulnerabilities.");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  exit(0);
}

include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");

if( isnull( port = get_app_port( cpe: CPE ) ) )
  exit( 0 );

if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE ) )
  exit( 0 );

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if(version_in_range( version: version, test_version: "2.1", test_version2: "2.3.10" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version: version, fixed_version: "2.3.11", install_path: location );
  security_message( port: port, data: report );
  exit( 0 );
}

if( version_in_range( version: version, test_version: "3.0.0", test_version2: "3.0.3" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version: version, fixed_version: "3.0.4", install_path: location );
  security_message( port: port, data: report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );

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09 Sep 2025 00:00Current
6.8Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.8
CVSS 26.8
EPSS0.01418
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