Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2016-10522 (CCN-151771)

Assigned:2016-12-25
Published:2016-12-25
Updated:2019-10-09
Summary: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.
CVSS v3 Severity:8.8 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
7.7 High (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
8.8 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
7.7 High (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:6.8 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
9.0 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-352
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Access
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2016-10522

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
railsadmin-cve201610522-csrf(151771)

Source: CCN
Type: rails_admin GIT Repository
rails_admin ruby gem

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/sferik/rails_admin/commit/b13e879eb93b661204e9fb5e55f7afa4f397537a

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.sourceclear.com/blog/Rails_admin-Vulnerability-Disclosure/

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.sourceclear.com/registry/security/cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-/ruby/sid-3173

Source: CCN
Type: Veracode Blog, December 25, 2016
Rails_admin Vulnerability Disclosure

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:rails_admin_project:rails_admin:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:* (Version < 1.1.1)

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:201610522000
    V
    CVE-2016-10522 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - untriaged.
    2018-07-05
    oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:2016105220000000
    V
    CVE-2016-10522 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.
    2018-07-05
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201610522000
    V
    CVE-2016-10522 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
    2018-07-05
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:2016105220000000
    V
    CVE-2016-10522 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
    2018-07-05
    oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201610522000
    V
    CVE-2016-10522 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.
    2018-07-05
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:2016105220000000
    V
    CVE-2016-10522 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2018-07-05
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201610522000
    V
    CVE-2016-10522 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2018-07-05
    BACK
    rails_admin_project rails admin *