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CVE-2011-0447

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Date: February 14, 2011

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.

Language: Ruby

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Related Resources (20)

http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2011/2/8/csrf-protection-bypass-in-ruby-on-rails
https://web.archive.org/web/20120527023027/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46291
http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/c22ea1668c0d181c?dmode=source&output=gplain
https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/66ce3843d32e9f2ac3b1da20067af53019bbb034
https://web.archive.org/web/20170223045008/http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025060
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055088.html
https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/7e86f9b4d2b7dfa974c10ae7e6d8ef90f3d77f06
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2011-0447.yml
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057650.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0877
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2247
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025060
http://secunia.com/advisories/43274
https://github.com/rails/rails
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0447
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46291
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0587
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055074.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/43666
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2011-0447

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

CWE-352

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): LOW
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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