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Vulnerability details: VCID-dd9p-x7k3-37ea
Vulnerability ID VCID-dd9p-x7k3-37ea
Aliases CVE-2023-28362
GHSA-4g8v-vg43-wpgf
Summary Actionpack has possible cross-site scripting vulnerability via User Supplied Values to redirect_to The `redirect_to` method in Rails allows provided values to contain characters which are not legal in an HTTP header value. This results in the potential for downstream services which enforce RFC compliance on HTTP response headers to remove the assigned Location header. This vulnerability has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2023-28362. Versions Affected: All. Not affected: None Fixed Versions: 7.0.5.1, 6.1.7.4
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-116 Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
System Score Found at
cvssv3 4.7 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-28362.json
epss 0.00224 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-28362
epss 0.00224 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-28362
epss 0.00224 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-28362
epss 0.00224 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-28362
epss 0.00224 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-28362
epss 0.00224 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-28362
epss 0.00224 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-28362
epss 0.00224 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-28362
cvssv3 4.0 https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2023-28362-possible-xss-via-user-supplied-values-to-redirect-to/83132
cvssv3.1 4 https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2023-28362-possible-xss-via-user-supplied-values-to-redirect-to/83132
cvssv3.1 4.0 https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2023-28362-possible-xss-via-user-supplied-values-to-redirect-to/83132
generic_textual MODERATE https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2023-28362-possible-xss-via-user-supplied-values-to-redirect-to/83132
ssvc Track https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2023-28362-possible-xss-via-user-supplied-values-to-redirect-to/83132
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1 4 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4g8v-vg43-wpgf
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4g8v-vg43-wpgf
ssvc Track https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4g8v-vg43-wpgf
cvssv3.1 4.0 https://github.com/rails/rails
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/rails/rails
cvssv3.1 4 https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/1c3f93d1e90a3475f9ae2377ead25ccf11f71441
cvssv3.1 4.0 https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/1c3f93d1e90a3475f9ae2377ead25ccf11f71441
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/1c3f93d1e90a3475f9ae2377ead25ccf11f71441
ssvc Track https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/1c3f93d1e90a3475f9ae2377ead25ccf11f71441
cvssv3.1 4 https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/69e37c84e3f77d75566424c7d0015172d6a6fac5
cvssv3.1 4.0 https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/69e37c84e3f77d75566424c7d0015172d6a6fac5
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/69e37c84e3f77d75566424c7d0015172d6a6fac5
ssvc Track https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/69e37c84e3f77d75566424c7d0015172d6a6fac5
cvssv3.1 4.0 https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/c9ab9b32bcdcfd8bcd55907f6c7b20b4e004cc23
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/c9ab9b32bcdcfd8bcd55907f6c7b20b4e004cc23
cvssv3.1 4.0 https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2023-28362.yml
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2023-28362.yml
cvssv3.1 4.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28362
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28362
cvssv3.1 4.0 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250502-0009
generic_textual MODERATE https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250502-0009
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-28362.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-28362
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-28362
https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2023-28362-possible-xss-via-user-supplied-values-to-redirect-to/83132
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/rails/rails
https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/1c3f93d1e90a3475f9ae2377ead25ccf11f71441
https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/69e37c84e3f77d75566424c7d0015172d6a6fac5
https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/c9ab9b32bcdcfd8bcd55907f6c7b20b4e004cc23
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250502-0009
1051058 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1051058
2217785 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2217785
CVE-2023-28362 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28362
CVE-2023-28362.YML https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2023-28362.yml
GHSA-4g8v-vg43-wpgf https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4g8v-vg43-wpgf
RHSA-2023:7851 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7851
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-28362.json
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2023-28362-possible-xss-via-user-supplied-values-to-redirect-to/83132
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2023-28362-possible-xss-via-user-supplied-values-to-redirect-to/83132
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-01-09T21:26:42Z/ Found at https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2023-28362-possible-xss-via-user-supplied-values-to-redirect-to/83132
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4g8v-vg43-wpgf
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-01-09T21:26:42Z/ Found at https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4g8v-vg43-wpgf
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/rails/rails
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/1c3f93d1e90a3475f9ae2377ead25ccf11f71441
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/1c3f93d1e90a3475f9ae2377ead25ccf11f71441
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-01-09T21:26:42Z/ Found at https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/1c3f93d1e90a3475f9ae2377ead25ccf11f71441
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/69e37c84e3f77d75566424c7d0015172d6a6fac5
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/69e37c84e3f77d75566424c7d0015172d6a6fac5
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-01-09T21:26:42Z/ Found at https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/69e37c84e3f77d75566424c7d0015172d6a6fac5
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/c9ab9b32bcdcfd8bcd55907f6c7b20b4e004cc23
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2023-28362.yml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28362
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250502-0009
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.45155
EPSS Score 0.00224
Published At April 2, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T12:51:28.933513+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/actionpack/CVE-2023-28362.yml 38.0.0