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CVE-2022-45442

Sinatra vulnerable to Reflected File Download attack

Published: Nov 28, 2022Updated: Nov 4, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-494
8.8HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.6%
Top 52.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

Sinatra is a domain-specific language for creating web applications in Ruby. An issue was discovered in Sinatra 2.0 before 2.2.3 and 3.0 before 3.0.4. An application is vulnerable to a reflected file download (RFD) attack that sets the Content-Disposition header of a response when the filename is derived from user-supplied input. Version 2.2.3 and 3.0.4 contain patches for this issue.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:RS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-494

Affected Products

Red Hat Inc.
commercial·USaka red hat
Red Hat Enterprise LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat 3scale API Management PlatformOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
Debian GNU/LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
SinatraOn-premLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
sinatrarb
oss-projectaka rack-protection, sinatra
sinatraLibrary
OSS Libraries / web-framework
debian
oss-project·GBaka debian gnu/linux
debian linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
ООО «Ред Софт»
commercial·RUaka red soft
РЕД ОСOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
commercial·RUaka rusbitech-astra
Astra Linux Special EditionOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

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References

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8x94-hmjh-97hq
github.com
https://github.com/sinatra/sinatra/commit/ea8fc9495a350f7551b39e3025bfcd06f49f363b
github.com
https://github.com/sinatra/sinatra/security/advisories/GHSA-2x8x-jmrp-phxw
github.com
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