GSD-2008-7248

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:23
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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.
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CVE-2008-7248
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      "lastModifiedDate": "2023-02-13T02:19Z",
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