CVE-2011-0447
actionpack Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability
EPSS 0.99%
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.
How to fix CVE-2011-0447
To remediate CVE-2011-0447, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/rails—upgrade to 2.3.11-0.1 or later
- —upgrade to 2.3.11 or later
Is CVE-2011-0447 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2.3.11-0.1
- >= 2.1.0, < 2.3.11