CVE-2015-8314

The Devise gem before 3.5.4 for Ruby mishandles Remember Me cookies for sessions, which may allow an adversary to obtain unauthorized persistent application access.

Published: 2023-12-12 Last update: 2025-05-27 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-8314 is rated Moderate Risk (44.1/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.18%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-8314

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 2026-01-28 0.08% 0.18% +0.10%
2 2025-03-30 0.18% 0.08% -0.11%
3 2025-03-29 0.18%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-8314

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
3.9 3.6 [email protected]
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
3.9 3.6 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-8314

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2015-8314

GHSA-746g-3gfp-hfhw · Severity: high · Ecosystem: rubygems — Devise Gem for Ruby Unauthorized Access Using "Remember Me" Cookie

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-8314

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2015-8314 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ruby-devise), 2 status rows across 2 suites (bookworm, bullseye): resolved 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8314

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-8314

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
heartcombo devise < 3.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:heartcombo:devise:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*

References for CVE-2015-8314

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