CVE - CVE-2011-0447

CVE-ID
CVE-2011-0447	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.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.
References
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BID:46291 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46291 CONFIRM:http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2011/2/8/csrf-protection-bypass-in-ruby-on-rails DEBIAN:DSA-2247 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2247 FEDORA:FEDORA-2011-2133 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055074.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2011-2138 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055088.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2011-4358 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057650.html MLIST:[rubyonrails-security] 20110209 CSRF Protection Bypass in Ruby on Rails URL:http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/c22ea1668c0d181c?dmode=source&output=gplain SECTRACK:1025060 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025060 SECUNIA:43274 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/43274 SECUNIA:43666 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/43666 VUPEN:ADV-2011-0587 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0587~~ (Obsolete source) VUPEN:ADV-2011-0877 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0877~~ (Obsolete source)
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20110113	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.
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Assigned (20110113)
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