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CVE-2016-3098 (administrate): Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in administrate gem

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in administrate gem

Published: April 01, 2016

SECURITY IDENTIFIERS

GEM

administrate

SEVERITY

CVSS v3.x: 5.4 (Medium)

PATCHED VERSIONS

>= 0.1.5

DESCRIPTION

"Administrate::ApplicationController actions didn't have CSRF protection. Remote attackers can hijack user's sessions and use any functionality that administrate exposes on their behalf."