Information Exposure Affecting mechanize package, versions <2.7.4


0.0
low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RUBY-MECHANIZE-20364
  • published 8 May 2017
  • disclosed 15 Nov 2015
  • credit Akinori MUSHA

Introduced: 15 Nov 2015

CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-98 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade mechanize to version 2.7.4 or higher.

Overview

mechanize is used for automating interaction with websites.

Affected versions of the package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. The redirected url was not validated to not redirect to a file URI.