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CVE-2011-3624

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-3624 describes a vulnerability in WEBrick::HTTPRequest within Ruby versions 1.9.2 and 1.8.7 and earlier, where the X-Forwarded-For, X-Forwarded-Host, and X-Forwarded-Server headers are not properly validated. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary text into log files or bypass address parsing mechanisms through crafted headers. Rated 5.3 Medium on CVSS, it has a network attack vector with low complexity and no user interaction, potentially leading to information integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.8.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.9.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.52%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0152 is in the 55th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: ruby
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: ruby
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: ruby

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2011-3624Low

WEBrick:: HTTPRequest X-Forwarded-* allows arbitrary data

Oct 7, 2011

References

access.redhat.com / security/cve/cve-2011-3624
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
redmine.ruby-lang.org / issues/5418
security-tracker.debian.org / tracker/CVE-2011-3624
Third Party Advisory