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Advisory details: gitlab / gem/rails/CVE-2008-7248
Advisory ID gitlab/gem/rails/CVE-2008-7248
Aliases CVE-2008-7248
GHSA-8fqx-7pv4-3jwm
Summary Improper Input Validation 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 2.0
Weighted Severity 0.0
Risk
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
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
CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
System Score Found at
cvssv2 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rails/CVE-2008-7248.yml
Reference id Reference type URL
http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/browse_thread/thread/d741ee286e36e301?hl=en
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html
http://pseudo-flaw.net/content/web-browsers/form-data-encoding-roundup/
http://secunia.com/advisories/36600
http://secunia.com/advisories/38915
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2008/11/18/potential-circumvention-of-csrf-protection-in-rails-2-1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/28/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/02/2
http://www.rorsecurity.info/journal/2008/11/19/circumvent-rails-csrf-protection.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2544
CVE-2008-7248 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-7248
GHSA-8fqx-7pv4-3jwm https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8fqx-7pv4-3jwm
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added Dec. 14, 2009
Description Ruby on Rails 2.3.5 - 'protect_from_forgery' Cross-Site Request Forgery
Ransomware campaign use Known
Source publication date Dec. 14, 2009
Exploit type remote
Platform linux
Source update date May 18, 2014
Source URL https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37322/info
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added Dec. 14, 2009
Description Ruby on Rails 2.3.5 - 'protect_from_forgery' Cross-Site Request Forgery
Ransomware campaign use Known
Source publication date Dec. 14, 2009
Exploit type remote
Platform linux
Source update date May 18, 2014
Source URL https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37322/info

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rails/CVE-2008-7248.yml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

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complete

There are no SSVC decisions available.