GitHub Advisoryadvisory · RubyGems

GHSA-4g8v-vg43-wpgf Actionpack has possible cross-site scripting vulnerability via User Supplied Values to redirect_to

MEDIUM Published 2023-06-29 Modified 2025-05-05 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2023-28362
Ecosystem
RubyGems
Packages
actionpack
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-116
Reviewed
2023-06-29

Affected packages

• RubyGems actionpack: < 6.1.7.4 → fixed in 6.1.7.4 • RubyGems actionpack: >= 7.0.0, < 7.0.5.1 → fixed in 7.0.5.1

Description

The `redirect_to` method in Rails allows provided values to contain characters which are not legal in an HTTP header value. This results in the potential for downstream services which enforce RFC compliance on HTTP response headers to remove the assigned Location header. This vulnerability has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2023-28362. Versions Affected: All. Not affected: None Fixed Versions: 7.0.5.1, 6.1.7.4 Impact This introduces the potential for a Cross-site-scripting (XSS) payload to be delivered on the now static redirection page. Note that this both requires user interaction and for a Rails app to be configured to allow redirects to external hosts (defaults to false in Rails >= 7.0.x). Releases The FIXED releases are available at the normal locations. Workarounds Avoid providing user supplied URLs with arbitrary schemes to the `redirect_to` method.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2023-28362 The redirect_to method in Rails allows provided values to contain characters which are not legal in an HTTP header value. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-116 Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output weakness

References