SB2020052603 - Cross-site request forgery in ActionView framework for Ruby on Rails
Published: May 26, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020052603
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Cross-site request forgery (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-8167)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.
This is a regression of CVE-2015-1840.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.