GHSA-8fqx-7pv4-3jwm · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: rubygems — Improper Input Validation in actionpack
Ruby on Rails 2.1 before 2.1.3 and 2.2.x before 2.2.2 does not verify tokens for requests with certain content types, which allows remote attackers to bypass cross-site request forgery (CSRF) protection for requests to applications that rely on this protection, as demonstrated using text/plain.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-7248 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 8.08%, 94th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33402 | exploit_db | edb | 2009-12-14 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 11.41% | 8.08% | -3.33% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 26.57% | 11.41% | -15.16% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 26.57% | — |
Full EPSS history (10 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.8 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.6 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
GHSA-8fqx-7pv4-3jwm · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: rubygems — Improper Input Validation in actionpack
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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medium | CVE-2008-7248 medium priority: Debian including 1 source packages (rails), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-7248 |
gentoo
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normal | CVE-2008-7248: 1 GLSA(s) (200912-02), 1 atom(s) (dev-ruby/rails); latest impact normal. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2008-7248 |
redhat
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low | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-7248 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2008-7248 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (rails), 9 status rows across 9 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, upstream): ignored 4, not-affected 4, released 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-7248 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| rubyonrails | rails | 2.1.0 | cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| rubyonrails | rails | 2.1.1 | cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| rubyonrails | rails | 2.1.2 | cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| rubyonrails | rails | 2.2.0 | cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| rubyonrails | rails | 2.2.1 | cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |