CVE-2011-3624

MediumCVSS 5.3/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Various methods in WEBrick::HTTPRequest in Ruby 1.9.2 and 1.8.7 and earlier do not validate the X-Forwarded-For, X-Forwarded-Host and X-Forwarded-Server headers in requests, which might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary text into log files or bypass intended address parsing via a crafted header.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.3/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-74

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Nov 26, 2019
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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