UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10522

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10522

    Published: 5 Jul 2018Last Modified: 24 Oct 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-10522

    Summary:

    Details: rails_admin ruby gem <v1.1.1 is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks. Non-GET methods were not validating CSRF tokens and, as a result, an attacker could hypothetically gain access to the application administrative endpoints exposed by the gem.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10522, https://github.com/sferik/rails_admin/commit/b13e879eb93b661204e9fb5e55f7afa4f397537a, https://www.sourceclear.com/blog/Rails_admin-Vulnerability-Disclosure/, https://www.sourceclear.com/registry/security/cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-/ruby/sid-3173, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10522

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ruby-rails-admin

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~dfsg-2?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.6.8~dfsg-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High