CVE-2021-22942 (GCVE-0-2021-22942)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-10-18 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 18:58
VLAI
Summary
A possible open redirect vulnerability in the Host Authorization middleware in Action Pack >= 6.0.0 that could allow attackers to redirect users to a malicious website.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-601 - Open Redirect (CWE-601)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a https://github.com/rails/rails Affected: 6.1.4.1, 6.0.4.1
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