FKIE_CVE-2008-7248

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-12-16 01:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:03
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Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/browse_thread/thread/d741ee286e36e301?hl=en
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://pseudo-flaw.net/content/web-browsers/form-data-encoding-roundup/
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/36600Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/38915
secalert@redhat.comhttp://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2008/11/18/potential-circumvention-of-csrf-protection-in-rails-2-1
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/28/1
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/02/2
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.rorsecurity.info/journal/2008/11/19/circumvent-rails-csrf-protection.htmlExploit
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2544Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/browse_thread/thread/d741ee286e36e301?hl=en
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://pseudo-flaw.net/content/web-browsers/form-data-encoding-roundup/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/36600Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/38915
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2008/11/18/potential-circumvention-of-csrf-protection-in-rails-2-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/28/1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/02/2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.rorsecurity.info/journal/2008/11/19/circumvent-rails-csrf-protection.htmlExploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2544Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
rubyonrails rails 2.1.0
rubyonrails rails 2.1.1
rubyonrails rails 2.1.2
rubyonrails rails 2.2.0
rubyonrails rails 2.2.1
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