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CVE-2015-1840

Published: Jul 26, 2015Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-200
NVD MITRE
5.0CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
4.5%
Top 9.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
2 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

jquery_ujs.js in jquery-rails before 3.1.3 and 4.x before 4.0.4 and rails.js in jquery-ujs before 1.0.4, as used with Ruby on Rails 3.x and 4.x, allow remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy, and trigger transmission of a CSRF token to a different-domain web server, via a leading space character in a URL within an attribute value.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:PI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-200

Affected Products

fedorafedoraproject
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
jquery-railsrubyonrailsOSS Libraries
jquery-ujsrubyonrailsOSS Libraries
opensuseopensuse
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
n/an/a
fedoraprojectoss-projectUSOperating Systemsaka fedora project
rubyonrailsoss-projectUSOSS Librariesaka rails, ruby on rails, rubyonrails.org
opensuseoss-projectDEOperating Systemsaka opensuse
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Exploitability

2 exploit sources identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/160906.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/161043.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00041.html
lists.opensuse.org
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Timeline

Published
Jul 26, 2015
Last Updated
May 6, 2026

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