Insufficiently Protected Credentials Affecting mechanize package, versions <2.8.5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.1% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RUBY-MECHANIZE-2866291
  • published 10 Jun 2022
  • disclosed 9 Jun 2022
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade mechanize to version 2.8.5 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insufficiently Protected Credentials which leaks the Authorization header after a redirect to a different port on the same site.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
5.3 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    None
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NVD

7.5 high