# CVE-2013-4562: The omniauth-facebook gem 1.4.1 before 1.5.0 does not properly store the session parameter, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-s

- Also known as: GHSA-CF36-985G-V73C
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.5.0
- Published: 2014-05-13 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- omniauth-facebook (RubyGems): from 1.4.1, fixed in 1.5.0

## Description

The omniauth-facebook gem 1.4.1 before 1.5.0 does not properly store the session parameter, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks via the state parameter.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, omniauth-facebook, upgrade to a fixed version (1.5.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/264
- http://www.osvdb.org/99693
- https://github.com/mkdynamic/omniauth-facebook/commit/ccfcc26fe7e34acbd75ad4a095fd01ce5ff48ee7
- https://groups.google.com/d/msg/ruby-security-ann/-tJHNlTiPh4/9SJxdEWLIawJ
- http://osvdb.org/ref/99/omniauth-facebook_gem.txt
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/267

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