CVE-2021-22881 (GCVE-0-2021-22881)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-02-11 16:12 – Updated: 2024-08-03 18:58
VLAI
Summary
The Host Authorization middleware in Action Pack before 6.1.2.1, 6.0.3.5 suffers from an open redirect vulnerability. Specially crafted `Host` headers in combination with certain "allowed host" formats can cause the Host Authorization middleware in Action Pack to redirect users to a malicious website. Impacted applications will have allowed hosts with a leading dot. When an allowed host contains a leading dot, a specially crafted `Host` header can be used to redirect to a malicious website.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-601 - Open Redirect (CWE-601)
Assigner
hackerone CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard D 60/100 over 214 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a https://github.com/rails/rails Affected: Fixed in 6.1.2.1, 6.0.3.5
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