CVE-2019-5420
critical · 9.8A remote code execution vulnerability in development mode Rails <5.2.2.1, <6.0.0.beta3 can allow an attacker to guess the automatically generated development mode secret token. This secret token can be used in combination with other Rails internals to escalate to a remote code execution exploit.
9.8
CVSS
92.1%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
100th
EPSS percentile
2019-03-27
Published
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-77CWE-330
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| rubyonrails | rails | < 5.2.2.1 |
| rubyonrails | rails | 6.0.0 |
| rubyonrails | rails | 6.0.0 |
| debian | debian_linux | 8.0 |
| fedoraproject | fedora | 30 |
Check a specific version with /api/v1/cve/match.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152704/Ruby-On-Rails-DoubleTap-Development-Mode-secret_key_base-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/rubyonrails-security/IsQKvDqZdKw
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Y43636TH4D6T46IC6N2RQVJTRFJAAYGA/
- https://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2019/3/13/Rails-4-2-5-1-5-1-6-2-have-been-released/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46785/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152704/Ruby-On-Rails-DoubleTap-Development-Mode-secret_key_base-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/rubyonrails-security/IsQKvDqZdKw
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Y43636TH4D6T46IC6N2RQVJTRFJAAYGA/
- https://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2019/3/13/Rails-4-2-5-1-5-1-6-2-have-been-released/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46785/
Query this programmatically:
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