CVE-2011-0447

MediumCVSS 6.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Ruby on Rails 2.1.x, 2.2.x, and 2.3.x before 2.3.11, and 3.x before 3.0.4, does not properly validate HTTP requests that contain an X-Requested-With header, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks via forged (1) AJAX or (2) API requests that leverage "combinations of browser plugins and HTTP redirects," a related issue to CVE-2011-0696.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 6.8/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-352

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

Timeline

Published: Feb 14, 2011
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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