CVE-2011-0447

N/A Unknown
Published: February 14, 2011 Modified: April 29, 2026
View on NVD

Description

Ruby 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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/c22ea1668c0d181c?dmode=source&output=gplain
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057650.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055074.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055088.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/43274
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/43666
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2011/2/8/csrf-protection-bypass-in-ruby-on-rails
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2247
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46291
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025060
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0587
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0877
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/c22ea1668c0d181c?dmode=source&output=gplain
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057650.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055074.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055088.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/43274
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/43666
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2011/2/8/csrf-protection-bypass-in-ruby-on-rails
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2247
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46291
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025060
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0587
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0877
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

24 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.4%
69th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-352

Affected Vendors

rubyonrails

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