Log Text Injection Affecting actionpack package, versions >=3.0.5, <3.0.6.rc1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.62% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RUBY-ACTIONPACK-20280
  • published28 Feb 2017
  • disclosed15 Feb 2011
  • creditJimmy Bandit

Introduced: 15 Feb 2011

CVE-2011-3187  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-74  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

Overview

actionpack is a web app builder and tester on Rails. The to_s method in actionpack does not validate the X-Forwarded-For header in requests from IP addresses on a Class C network, which might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary text into log files or bypass intended address parsing via a crafted header.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1