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Session fixation vulnerability in Rails

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Oct 24, 2017 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Nov 9, 2023

Package

bundler rails (RubyGems)

Affected versions

< 1.2.4

Patched versions

1.2.4

Description

Session fixation vulnerability in Rails before 1.2.4, as used for Ruby on Rails, allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via unspecified vectors related to "URL-based sessions."

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Oct 19, 2007
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 24, 2017
Reviewed Jun 16, 2020
Last updated Nov 9, 2023

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(92nd percentile)

Weaknesses

Session Fixation

Authenticating a user, or otherwise establishing a new user session, without invalidating any existing session identifier gives an attacker the opportunity to steal authenticated sessions. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2007-5380

GHSA ID

GHSA-jwhv-rgqc-fqj5

Source code

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