VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2015-1820
CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability4.35%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-08-09
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
REST client for Ruby (aka rest-client) before 1.8.0 allows remote attackers to conduct session fixation attacks or obtain sensitive cookie information by leveraging passage of cookies set in a response to a redirect.
Weakness classification
- CWE-384: Session Fixation
Primary references
- secalert@redhat.com — Mailing List, VDB Entry
- secalert@redhat.com — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- secalert@redhat.com — Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- secalert@redhat.com — Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory