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Ruby on Rails: URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') (CVE-2021-44528)

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Ruby on Rails: URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') (CVE-2021-44528)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
01/10/2022
Created
01/18/2022
Added
01/17/2022
Modified
03/07/2024

Description

A open redirect vulnerability exists in Action Pack >= 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(s)

  • ruby-on-rails-upgrade-latest

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