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CVE-2016-10522 — Cross-site request forgery in rails_admin — CVE...

HIGH

Cross-site request forgery in rails_admin

Published August 8, 2018Updated February 16, 2024Source: osv

Summary

rails_admin ruby gem <v1.1.1 is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks. Non-GET methods were not validating CSRF tokens and, as a result, an attacker could hypothetically gain access to the application administrative endpoints exposed by the gem.

Advisory Timeline

  • First published August 8, 2018 (2987 days ago).
  • Last revised February 16, 2024 — 2017 days after initial publication.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

Bundler
Update rails_admin to 1.1.1 or later
gem install rails_admin -v 1.1.1

After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.

Affected Packages (1)

Affects 1 ecosystem: rubygems (1).

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed In
rails_admin
rubygems
1.0.0, 1.1.01.1.1

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

  • CWE-352
    Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)MITRE

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 8.8 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2016-10522?
Cross-site request forgery in rails_admin This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of HIGH (CVSS score: 8.8/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2016-10522?
CVE-2016-10522 affects rails_admin. Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2016-10522 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score
8.8

High exploitability or significant impact. Prioritize remediation within days.

Also Known As

GHSA-pxqr-8v54-m2hj

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