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CVE-2011-0447GHSA-24FG-P96V-HXH8

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-Reques

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Fix
Fixed in 2.3.11, 3.0.4
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

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.

Timeline

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Affected versions

  • n/a n/a

    Version range not reported

  • actionpackRubyGems

    From 2.1.0 · fixed in 2.3.11

  • actionpackRubyGems

    From 3.0.0 · fixed in 3.0.4

References 12

vupen.com

weblog.rubyonrails.org

securitytracker.com

lists.fedoraproject.org

securityfocus.com

debian.org

groups.google.com

secunia.com