Omniauth allows POST parameters to be stored in session · CVE-2017-18076 · GitHub Advisory Database · GitHub

Omniauth allows POST parameters to be stored in session

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jan 29, 2018 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Aug 28, 2023

Package

omniauth (RubyGems)

Affected versions

< 1.3.2

Patched versions

1.3.2

Description

In strategy.rb in OmniAuth before 1.3.2, the authenticity_token value is improperly protected because POST (in addition to GET) parameters are stored in the session and become available in the environment of the callback phase.

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jan 29, 2018

Reviewed Jun 16, 2020

Last updated Aug 28, 2023

Severity

High

7.5

/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector

Network

Attack complexity

Low

Privileges required

None

User interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N