CVE-2015-1840

Published: Jul 26, 2015Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-200

5.0MEDIUM

NVD MITRE

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

rubyonrails

oss-project·USaka rails, rubyonrails.org, ruby on rails

package-ecosystem

oss-project·USaka fedora project

fedoraOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

opensuse

oss-project·DE

opensuseOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

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Exploitability

2 exploit sources identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

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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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