rails_admin Gem up to 1.1.0 on Ruby cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in rails_admin Gem up to 1.1.0 on Ruby. This impacts an unknown function. This manipulation causes cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2016-10522. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in rails_admin Gem up to 1.1.0 on Ruby (Ruby Gem) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

rails_admin ruby gem <v1.1.1 is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks. Non-GET methods were not validating CSRF tokens and, as a result, an attacker could hypothetically gain access to the application administrative endpoints exposed by the gem.

The bug was discovered 12/25/2016. The weakness was published 07/05/2018 (GitHub Repository). It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-10522 since 10/29/2017. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 557 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 1.1.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: rails_admin Gem 1.1.1
Patch: github.com

Timelineinfo

12/25/2016 🔍
10/29/2017 +308 days 🔍
07/05/2018 +248 days 🔍
07/05/2018 +0 days 🔍
07/05/2018 +0 days 🔍
04/03/2023 +1733 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: b13e879eb93b661204e9fb5e55f7afa4f397537a
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-10522 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-10522
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-120415

Entryinfo

Created: 07/05/2018 23:15
Updated: 04/03/2023 14:22
Changes: 07/05/2018 23:15 (58), 02/25/2020 20:21 (2), 04/03/2023 14:22 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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