CVE-2008-7248 describes a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) bypass vulnerability in Ruby on Rails versions 2.1 before 2.1.3 and 2.2.x before 2.2.2. Attackers can exploit this by sending requests with specific content types, such as text/plain, to circumvent CSRF protection. This medium-complexity network attack could lead to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules are noted, an ExploitDB entry exists for a related Rails version, and the vulnerability has seen minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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