PT-2012-1265 · Insoshi · Insoshi

Published 2012-04-04 · Updated 2012-04-12 · CVE-2008-7309

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Insoshi versions prior to 20080920

Description The issue allows remote attackers to set the ForumPost user id value via a modified URL, related to a mass assignment vulnerability. This occurs because the software does not properly restrict the use of a hash to provide values for a model's attributes.

Recommendations For versions prior to 20080920, consider restricting access to the user id parameter in the affected API endpoint until the issue is resolved. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the user id parameter in the modified URL to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-255

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-7309

Affected Products

Insoshi

References · 3

• 🔥 http://blog.mhartl.com/2008/09/21/finding-and-fixing-mass-assignment-problems-in-rails-applications · Exploit
• 🔥 http://railspikes.com/2008/9/22/is-your-rails-application-safe-from-mass-assignment · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-7309 · Security Note