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Vulnerability details: VCID-g2a6-uem4-uuce
Vulnerability ID VCID-g2a6-uem4-uuce
Aliases CVE-2011-0447
GHSA-24fg-p96v-hxh8
Summary actionpack Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability Ruby on Rails 2.1.x, 2.2.x, and 2.3.x before 2.3.11, and 3.x before 3.0.4, does not properly validate HTTP requests that contain an X-Requested-With header, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks via forged (1) AJAX or (2) API requests that leverage "combinations of browser plugins and HTTP redirects," a related issue to CVE-2011-0696.
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
generic_textual MODERATE http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/c22ea1668c0d181c?dmode=source&output=gplain
generic_textual MODERATE http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057650.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055074.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055088.html
epss 0.00991 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-0447
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-24fg-p96v-hxh8
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/rails/rails
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/66ce3843d32e9f2ac3b1da20067af53019bbb034
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/7e86f9b4d2b7dfa974c10ae7e6d8ef90f3d77f06
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2011-0447.yml
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0447
generic_textual MODERATE https://web.archive.org/web/20120527023027/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46291
generic_textual MODERATE https://web.archive.org/web/20170223045008/http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025060
generic_textual MODERATE http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2011/2/8/csrf-protection-bypass-in-ruby-on-rails
generic_textual MODERATE http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2247
Reference id Reference type URL
http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/c22ea1668c0d181c?dmode=source&output=gplain
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057650.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055074.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055088.html
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-0447
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-0447
http://secunia.com/advisories/43274
http://secunia.com/advisories/43666
https://github.com/rails/rails
https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/66ce3843d32e9f2ac3b1da20067af53019bbb034
https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/7e86f9b4d2b7dfa974c10ae7e6d8ef90f3d77f06
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2011-0447.yml
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0447
https://web.archive.org/web/20120527023027/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46291
https://web.archive.org/web/20170223045008/http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025060
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2011/2/8/csrf-protection-bypass-in-ruby-on-rails
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2247
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46291
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025060
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0587
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0877
614864 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=614864
GHSA-24fg-p96v-hxh8 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-24fg-p96v-hxh8
GLSA-201412-28 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-28
No exploits are available.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.77177
EPSS Score 0.00991
Published At May 29, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-29T08:57:24.083714+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2017/10/GHSA-24fg-p96v-hxh8/GHSA-24fg-p96v-hxh8.json 38.6.0