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Ruby on Rails: URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') (CVE-2021-22942)

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Ruby on Rails: URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') (CVE-2021-22942)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
10/18/2021
Created
11/28/2021
Added
11/26/2021
Modified
02/05/2024

Description

A possible open redirect vulnerability in the Host Authorization middleware in Action Pack >= 6.0.0 that could allow attackers to redirect users to a malicious website.

Solution(s)

  • ruby-on-rails-upgrade-6_0_4_1
  • ruby-on-rails-upgrade-6_1_4_1

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