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CVE-2018-16477

Published: Nov 30, 2018Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-200
6.5MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.3%
Top 32.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

A bypass vulnerability in Active Storage >= 5.2.0 for Google Cloud Storage and Disk services allow an attacker to modify the `content-disposition` and `content-type` parameters which can be used in with HTML files and have them executed inline. Additionally, if combined with other techniques such as cookie bombing and specially crafted AppCache manifests, an attacker can gain access to private signed URLs within a specific storage path. This vulnerability has been fixed in version 5.2.1.1.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:RS:UC:NI:HA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:HIntegrity
High
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-200NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

rubyonrails
oss-project·USaka rubyonrails.org, rails, ruby on rails
rails
OSS Libraries
RubyGems
package-ecosystem
activestorage
OSS Libraries
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
Workaround Available
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References

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rubyonrails-security/3KQRnXDIuLg/mByx5KkqBAAJ
groups.google.com
https://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2018/11/27/Rails-4-2-5-0-5-1-5-2-have-been-released/
weblog.rubyonrails.org
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16477
nvd.nist.gov
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