CVE-2011-0447

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-0447
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-02-14 21:00:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionRuby on Rails 2.1.x, 2.2.x, and 2.3.x before 2.3.11, and 3.x before 3.0.4, does not properly validate HTTP requests that contain an X-Requested-With header, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks via forged (1) AJAX or (2) API requests that leverage "combinations of browser plugins and HTTP redirects," a related issue to CVE-2011-0696.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-352 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Rubyonrails Rails 2.1.0 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 2.1.1 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 2.1.2 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 2.2.0 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 2.2.1 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 2.2.2 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 2.3.10 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 2.3.2 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 2.3.3 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 2.3.4 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 2.3.9 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.0 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.0 beta All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.0 beta2 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.0 beta3 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.0 beta4 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.0 rc All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.0 rc2 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.1 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.1 pre All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.2 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.2 pre All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.3 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.4 rc1 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Fedora update for rubygem-actionpack - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Ruby on Rails Cross Site Scripting and Cross Request Forgery Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Security Advisory SA43274 - Ruby on Rails Cross-Site Scripting and Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: rubygem-rails-3.0.5-2.fc15 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 14 Update: rubygem-actionpack-2.3.8-3.fc14 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Google Groups af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 groups.google.com Patch
Riding Rails: CSRF Protection Bypass in Ruby on Rails af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 weblog.rubyonrails.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Ruby on Rails Bug Lets Remote Users Bypass Cross-Site Request Forgery Protection - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2247-1 rails af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 13 Update: rubygem-actionpack-2.3.5-4.fc13 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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