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CVE-2008-7248

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
16/12/2009
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.80 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
6.80
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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