VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2008-7248

CVSS score6.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability8.08%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2009-12-16
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references