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CVE-2016-10522

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-10522 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the rails_admin Ruby gem versions prior to 1.1.1. This flaw allowed attackers to bypass CSRF token validation for non-GET HTTP methods, potentially enabling unauthorized access and manipulation of administrative endpoints exposed by the gem. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over a network with low attack complexity, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rails_admin_project:rails_admin:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.98%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
58.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0098 is in the 59th percentile among its peer group of 14,825 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: rails_adminFixed in: 1.1.1

Vendor Advisories (1)

rubygemsGHSA-pxqr-8v54-m2hjhigh

Cross-site request forgery in rails_admin

Aug 8, 2018

References

github.com / sferik/rails_admin/commit/b13e879eb93b661204e9fb5e55f7afa4f397537a
PatchThird Party Advisory
sourceclear.com / blog/Rails_admin-Vulnerability-Disclosure
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
sourceclear.com / registry/security/cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-/ruby/sid-3173
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory