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.

Remediation

References

CVE-2008-7248

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Severity

Medium

Classification

CVE-2008-7248 CWE-20

Tags

Missing Update Known Vulnerabilities