# CVE-2021-29435: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in trestle-auth

- Also known as: GHSA-H8HX-2C5R-32CF
- Severity: CVSS 8.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.4.2
- Published: 2021-04-13 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- TrestleAdmin trestle-auth: from 0.4.0, fixed in 0.4.2
- trestle-auth (RubyGems): from 0.4.0, fixed in 0.4.2

## Description

trestle-auth is an authentication plugin for the Trestle admin framework. A vulnerability in trestle-auth versions 0.4.0 and 0.4.1 allows an attacker to create a form that will bypass Rails' built-in CSRF protection when submitted by a victim with a trestle-auth admin session. This potentially allows an attacker to alter protected data, including admin account credentials. The vulnerability has been fixed in trestle-auth 0.4.2 released to RubyGems.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on TrestleAdmin trestle-auth, trestle-auth, upgrade to a fixed version (0.4.2) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/TrestleAdmin/trestle-auth/security/advisories/GHSA-h8hx-2c5r-32cf
- https://github.com/TrestleAdmin/trestle-auth/commit/cb95b05cdb2609052207af07b4b8dfe3a23c11dc
- https://rubygems.org/gems/trestle-auth

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