A CSRF forgery vulnerability exists in rails < 5.2.5, rails < 6.0.4 that makes it possible for an attacker to, given a global CSRF token such as the one present in the authenticity_token meta tag, forge a per-form CSRF token.
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CVE-2020-8166 - Medium Severity Vulnerability
Vulnerable Library - actionpack-6.0.0.gem
Web apps on Rails. Simple, battle-tested conventions for building and testing MVC web applications. Works with any Rack-compatible server.
Library home page: https://rubygems.org/gems/actionpack-6.0.0.gem
Dependency Hierarchy: - responders-3.0.0.gem (Root Library) - :x: **actionpack-6.0.0.gem** (Vulnerable Library)
Found in HEAD commit: ef980180214dbeaba07dbfcc87752fa216d3a34f
Found in base branch: master
Vulnerability Details
A CSRF forgery vulnerability exists in rails < 5.2.5, rails < 6.0.4 that makes it possible for an attacker to, given a global CSRF token such as the one present in the authenticity_token meta tag, forge a per-form CSRF token.
Publish Date: 2020-07-02
URL: CVE-2020-8166
CVSS 3 Score Details (4.3)
Base Score Metrics: - Exploitability Metrics: - Attack Vector: Network - Attack Complexity: Low - Privileges Required: None - User Interaction: Required - Scope: Unchanged - Impact Metrics: - Confidentiality Impact: None - Integrity Impact: Low - Availability Impact: None
For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.Suggested Fix
Type: Upgrade version
Origin: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jp5v-5gx4-jmj9
Release Date: 2020-07-02
Fix Resolution: 5.2.4.3,6.0.3.1