CVE - CVE-2008-7248

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-7248	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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
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MISC:36600 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/36600 MISC:38915 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/38915 MISC:ADV-2009-2544 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2544~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:SUSE-SR:2010:006 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html MISC:[oss-security] 20091128 CVE request: Ruby on Rails: CSRF circumvention (from 2008) URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/28/1 MISC:[oss-security] 20091202 Re: CVE request: Ruby on Rails: CSRF circumvention (from 2008) URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/02/2 MISC:http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/browse_thread/thread/d741ee286e36e301?hl=en URL:http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/browse_thread/thread/d741ee286e36e301?hl=en MISC:http://pseudo-flaw.net/content/web-browsers/form-data-encoding-roundup/ URL:http://pseudo-flaw.net/content/web-browsers/form-data-encoding-roundup/ MISC:http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2008/11/18/potential-circumvention-of-csrf-protection-in-rails-2-1 URL:http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2008/11/18/potential-circumvention-of-csrf-protection-in-rails-2-1 MISC:http://www.rorsecurity.info/journal/2008/11/19/circumvent-rails-csrf-protection.html URL:http://www.rorsecurity.info/journal/2008/11/19/circumvent-rails-csrf-protection.html
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20091211	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20091211)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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