{
    "id": "CVE-2008-7248",
    "published": "2009-12-16 01:30:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 23:03:54",
    "cvss_score": "6.8",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P",
    "cwe": "CWE-20",
    "description": "Ruby on Rails 2.1 before 2.1.3 and 2.2.x before 2.2.2 does not verify tokens for requests with certain content types, which allows remote attackers to bypass cross-site request forgery (CSRF) protection for requests to applications that rely on this protection, as demonstrated using text/plain.",
    "epss_score": "0.08080",
    "epss_percentile": "0.94621",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 18:17:08",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "rubyonrails",
            "product": "rails"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "33402",
            "title": "Ruby on Rails 2.3.5 - 'protect_from_forgery' Cross-Site Request Forgery",
            "date": "2009-12-14",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33402"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/browse_thread/thread/d741ee286e36e301?hl=en",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html",
        "http://pseudo-flaw.net/content/web-browsers/form-data-encoding-roundup/",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/36600",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/38915",
        "http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2008/11/18/potential-circumvention-of-csrf-protection-in-rails-2-1",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/28/1",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/02/2",
        "http://www.rorsecurity.info/journal/2008/11/19/circumvent-rails-csrf-protection.html",
        "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2544",
        "http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/browse_thread/thread/d741ee286e36e301?hl=en",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html",
        "http://pseudo-flaw.net/content/web-browsers/form-data-encoding-roundup/",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/36600",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/38915",
        "http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2008/11/18/potential-circumvention-of-csrf-protection-in-rails-2-1",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/28/1",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/02/2",
        "http://www.rorsecurity.info/journal/2008/11/19/circumvent-rails-csrf-protection.html",
        "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2544"
    ]
}