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CVE-2023-28362
The redirect_to method in Rails allows provided values to contain...
Vulnerability Description
The redirect_to method in Rails allows provided values to contain characters which are not legal in an HTTP header value. This results in the potential for downstream services which enforce RFC compliance on HTTP response headers to remove the assigned Location header.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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References
- https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2023-28362-possible-xss-via-user-supplied-values-to-redirect-to/83132
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4g8v-vg43-wpgf
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/1c3f93d1e90a3475f9ae2377ead25ccf11f71441
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/69e37c84e3f77d75566424c7d0015172d6a6fac5
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Vulnerable Versions:
7.0.5.1, 6.1.7.4
Timeline
Official Publish:
January 9th, 2025
Last Modified:
May 2nd, 2025
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
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Weaknesses (CWE)
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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
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