CVE-2011-0447
Ruby on Rails 2.1.x, 2.2.x, and 2.3.x before 2.3.11, and 3.x before 3.0.4, does not properly validate HTTP requests that contain an X-Requested-With header, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks via forged (1) AJAX or (2) API requests that leverage "combinations of browser plugins and HTTP redirects," a related issue to CVE-2011-0696.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-352
- EPSS score
- 1.4% (73th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2017-0148)
- Published
- February 14, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2017-0148 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- rubyonrails / rails
- rubyonrails / rails
- rubyonrails / rails
- rubyonrails / rails
- rubyonrails / rails
- rubyonrails / rails
- rubyonrails / rails
- rubyonrails / rails
- rubyonrails / rails
- rubyonrails / rails
- rubyonrails / rails
- rubyonrails / rails
- rubyonrails / rails
- rubyonrails / rails
- rubyonrails / rails
- rubyonrails / rails
- rubyonrails / rails
- rubyonrails / rails
- rubyonrails / rails
- rubyonrails / rails
- rubyonrails / rails
- rubyonrails / rails
- rubyonrails / rails
- rubyonrails / rails
References
- http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/c22ea1668c0d181c?dmode=source&output=gplain(Patch)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057650.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055074.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055088.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43274
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43666
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2011/2/8/csrf-protection-bypass-in-ruby-on-rails(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2247
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46291
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025060
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0587
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0877
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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