{"api_version":"1","generated_at":"2026-07-23T09:13:55+00:00","cve":"CVE-2008-7248","urls":{"html":"https://cve.report/CVE-2008-7248","api":"https://cve.report/api/cve/CVE-2008-7248.json","docs":"https://cve.report/api","cve_org":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-7248","nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-7248"},"summary":{"title":"CVE-2008-7248","description":"Ruby on Rails 2.1 before 2.1.3 and 2.2.x before 2.2.2 does not verify tokens for requests with certain content types, which allows remote attackers to bypass cross-site request forgery (CSRF) protection for requests to applications that rely on this protection, as demonstrated using text/plain.","state":"PUBLISHED","assigner":"redhat","published_at":"2009-12-16 01:30:00","updated_at":"2026-04-23 00:35:47"},"problem_types":["CWE-20","n/a"],"metrics":[{"version":"2.0","source":"nvd@nist.gov","type":"Primary","score":"6.8","severity":"","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P","data":{"version":"2.0","vectorString":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P","baseScore":6.8,"accessVector":"NETWORK","accessComplexity":"MEDIUM","authentication":"NONE","confidentialityImpact":"PARTIAL","integrityImpact":"PARTIAL","availabilityImpact":"PARTIAL"}}],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html","name":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:006","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2544","name":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2544","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"title":"Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/36600","name":"http://secunia.com/advisories/36600","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"title":"Ruby on Rails Unicode Input Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/02/2","name":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/02/2","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"oss-security - Re: CVE request: Ruby on Rails: CSRF circumvention\n (from 2008)","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2008/11/18/potential-circumvention-of-csrf-protection-in-rails-2-1","name":"http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2008/11/18/potential-circumvention-of-csrf-protection-in-rails-2-1","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"Riding Rails: Potential Circumvention of CSRF Protection in Rails 2.1","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/28/1","name":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/28/1","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"oss-security - CVE request: Ruby on Rails: CSRF circumvention (from 2008)","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/38915","name":"http://secunia.com/advisories/38915","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Community","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/browse_thread/thread/d741ee286e36e301?hl=en","name":"http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/browse_thread/thread/d741ee286e36e301?hl=en","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"Potential Circumvention of CSRF Protection in Rails 2.1 -\n  Ruby on Rails: Security |\n  Google Groups","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://pseudo-flaw.net/content/web-browsers/form-data-encoding-roundup/","name":"http://pseudo-flaw.net/content/web-browsers/form-data-encoding-roundup/","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"Form Data Encoding Roundup","mime":"text/xml","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://www.rorsecurity.info/journal/2008/11/19/circumvent-rails-csrf-protection.html","name":"http://www.rorsecurity.info/journal/2008/11/19/circumvent-rails-csrf-protection.html","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":["Exploit"],"title":"Ruby on Rails Security Project - Journal  - Circumvent Rails CSRF Protection","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-7248","name":"MISC:https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-7248","refsource":"MITRE","tags":[],"title":"CVE-2008-7248 - Red Hat Customer Portal","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=544329","name":"MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=544329","refsource":"MITRE","tags":[],"title":"544329 – (CVE-2008-7248) CVE-2008-7248 rubygem-actionpack: Potential CSRF protection circumvention","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-7248","name":"CVE Program record","refsource":"CVE.ORG","tags":["canonical"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-7248","name":"NVD vulnerability detail","refsource":"NVD","tags":["canonical","analysis"]}],"affected":[{"source":"CNA","vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","version":"affected n/a","platforms":[]}],"timeline":[],"solutions":[],"workarounds":[],"exploits":[],"credits":[],"nvd_cpes":[{"cve_year":"2008","cve_id":"7248","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"rubyonrails","cpe5":"rails","cpe6":"2.1.0","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2008","cve_id":"7248","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"rubyonrails","cpe5":"rails","cpe6":"2.1.1","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2008","cve_id":"7248","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"rubyonrails","cpe5":"rails","cpe6":"2.1.2","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2008","cve_id":"7248","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"rubyonrails","cpe5":"rails","cpe6":"2.2.0","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2008","cve_id":"7248","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"rubyonrails","cpe5":"rails","cpe6":"2.2.1","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"}],"vendor_comments":[],"enrichments":{"kev":null,"epss":null,"legacy_qids":[]},"source_records":{"cve_program":{"containers":{"adp":[{"providerMetadata":{"dateUpdated":"2024-08-07T11:56:14.540Z","orgId":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","shortName":"CVE"},"references":[{"name":"[oss-security] 20091128 CVE request: Ruby on Rails: CSRF circumvention (from 2008)","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST","x_transferred"],"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/28/1"},{"tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred"],"url":"http://www.rorsecurity.info/journal/2008/11/19/circumvent-rails-csrf-protection.html"},{"name":"36600","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"],"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/36600"},{"tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred"],"url":"http://pseudo-flaw.net/content/web-browsers/form-data-encoding-roundup/"},{"tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"],"url":"http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2008/11/18/potential-circumvention-of-csrf-protection-in-rails-2-1"},{"name":"ADV-2009-2544","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_VUPEN","x_transferred"],"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2544"},{"tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred"],"url":"http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/browse_thread/thread/d741ee286e36e301?hl=en"},{"name":"SUSE-SR:2010:006","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_SUSE","x_transferred"],"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html"},{"name":"[oss-security] 20091202 Re: CVE request: Ruby on Rails: CSRF circumvention (from 2008)","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST","x_transferred"],"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/02/2"},{"name":"38915","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"],"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/38915"}],"title":"CVE Program Container"}],"cna":{"affected":[{"product":"n/a","vendor":"n/a","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"n/a"}]}],"datePublic":"2008-11-18T00:00:00.000Z","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"Ruby on Rails 2.1 before 2.1.3 and 2.2.x before 2.2.2 does not verify tokens for requests with certain content types, which allows remote attackers to bypass cross-site request forgery (CSRF) protection for requests to applications that rely on this protection, as demonstrated using text/plain."}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"description":"n/a","lang":"en","type":"text"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"dateUpdated":"2010-03-30T09:00:00.000Z","orgId":"53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749","shortName":"redhat"},"references":[{"name":"[oss-security] 20091128 CVE request: Ruby on Rails: CSRF circumvention (from 2008)","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST"],"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/28/1"},{"tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"http://www.rorsecurity.info/journal/2008/11/19/circumvent-rails-csrf-protection.html"},{"name":"36600","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA"],"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/36600"},{"tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"http://pseudo-flaw.net/content/web-browsers/form-data-encoding-roundup/"},{"tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2008/11/18/potential-circumvention-of-csrf-protection-in-rails-2-1"},{"name":"ADV-2009-2544","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_VUPEN"],"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2544"},{"tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/browse_thread/thread/d741ee286e36e301?hl=en"},{"name":"SUSE-SR:2010:006","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_SUSE"],"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html"},{"name":"[oss-security] 20091202 Re: CVE request: Ruby on Rails: CSRF circumvention (from 2008)","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST"],"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/02/2"},{"name":"38915","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA"],"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/38915"}]}},"cveMetadata":{"assignerOrgId":"53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749","assignerShortName":"redhat","cveId":"CVE-2008-7248","datePublished":"2009-12-16T01:00:00.000Z","dateReserved":"2009-12-11T00:00:00.000Z","dateUpdated":"2024-08-07T11:56:14.540Z","state":"PUBLISHED"},"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.1"},"nvd":{"publishedDate":"2009-12-16 01:30:00","lastModifiedDate":"2026-04-23 00:35:47","problem_types":["CWE-20","n/a"],"metrics":{"cvssMetricV2":[{"source":"nvd@nist.gov","type":"Primary","cvssData":{"version":"2.0","vectorString":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P","baseScore":6.8,"accessVector":"NETWORK","accessComplexity":"MEDIUM","authentication":"NONE","confidentialityImpact":"PARTIAL","integrityImpact":"PARTIAL","availabilityImpact":"PARTIAL"},"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","exploitabilityScore":8.6,"impactScore":6.4,"acInsufInfo":false,"obtainAllPrivilege":false,"obtainUserPrivilege":false,"obtainOtherPrivilege":false,"userInteractionRequired":false}]},"configurations":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"87B4B121-94BD-4E0F-8860-6239890043B9"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"63CF211C-683E-4F7D-8C62-05B153AC1960"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"456A2F7E-CC66-48C4-B028-353D2976837A"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"9B1CDAFA-2AC6-4C46-9E65-0BE9127E770F"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"F9806A84-2160-40EA-9960-AE7756CE4E0A"}]}]}]},"legacy_mitre":{"record":{"CveYear":"2008","CveId":"7248","Ordinal":"1","Title":"CVE-2008-7248","CVE":"CVE-2008-7248","Year":"2008"},"notes":[{"CveYear":"2008","CveId":"7248","Ordinal":"1","NoteData":"Ruby on Rails 2.1 before 2.1.3 and 2.2.x before 2.2.2 does not verify tokens for requests with certain content types, which allows remote attackers to bypass cross-site request forgery (CSRF) protection for requests to applications that rely on this protection, as demonstrated using text/plain.","Type":"Description","Title":"CVE-2008-7248"},{"CveYear":"2008","CveId":"7248","Ordinal":"2","NoteData":"2009-12-15","Type":"Other","Title":"Published"},{"CveYear":"2008","CveId":"7248","Ordinal":"3","NoteData":"2010-03-30","Type":"Other","Title":"Modified"}]}}}