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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.113713
Category:Web application abuses
Title:Ruby on Rails < 5.2.5, 6.x < 6.0.4 CSRF Vulnerability
Summary:Ruby on Rails is prone to a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability.
Description:Summary:
Ruby on Rails is prone to a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability.

Vulnerability Insight:
An attacker can use a global CSRF token,
as can be found in the authenticity_token meta tag, to forge form-specific CSRF tokens.

Vulnerability Impact:
Successful exploitation would allow an authenticated attacer
to perform actions in the context of another user.

Affected Software/OS:
Ruby on Rails through version 5.2.4 and versions 6.0.0 through 6.0.3.

Solution:
Update to version 5.2.5 or 6.0.4 respectively.

CVSS Score:
4.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-8166
Debian Security Information: DSA-4766 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4766
https://groups.google.com/g/rubyonrails-security/c/NOjKiGeXUgw
https://hackerone.com/reports/732415
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