CVE-2021-44528

MediumCVSS 6.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A open redirect vulnerability exists in Action Pack >= 6.0.0 that could allow an attacker to craft a "X-Forwarded-Host" headers in combination with certain "allowed host" formats can cause the Host Authorization middleware in Action Pack to redirect users to a malicious website.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.1/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-601

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	https://github.com/rails/rails	6.1.4.2, 6.0.4.2, 7.0.0.rc2

References

Timeline

Published: Jan 10, 2022
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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