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CVE-2019-5420

CRITICAL
9.8CVSS
Published: 2019-03-27
Updated: 2024-11-21
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Description

A remote code execution vulnerability in development mode Rails <5.2.2.1, <6.0.0.beta3 can allow an attacker to guess the automatically generated development mode secret token. This secret token can be used in combination with other Rails internals to escalate to a remote code execution exploit.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
network
Complexity
low
Privileges
none
User Action
none
Scope
unchanged
Confidentiality
high
Integrity
high
Availability
high
Weaknesses
CWE-77CWE-330

Metadata

Primary Vendor
RUBYONRAILS
Published
3/27/2019
Last Modified
11/21/2024
Source
NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

rubyonrails : railsrubyonrails : railsrubyonrails : railsdebian : debian_linuxfedoraproject : fedora

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