vulnerability
Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails: CVE-2021-44528: URL Redirection to Untrusted Site
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N) | Jan 10, 2022 | Jan 17, 2022 | May 6, 2026 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jan 10, 2022
Added
Jan 17, 2022
Modified
May 6, 2026
Description
A open redirect vulnerability exists in Action Pack greater than or equal to 6.0.0 that could allow an attacker to craft a "X-Forwarded-Host" headers in combination with certain "allowed host" formats can cause the Host Authorization middleware in Action Pack to redirect users to a malicious website.
Solution
ruby-on-rails-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2021-44528
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2021-44528
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/0fccfb9a3097a9c4260c791f1a40b128517e7815
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240208-0003/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5372
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2021-2571
- CWE-601
- EUVD-EUVD-2021-2571
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