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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2021-22881 Detail

Description

The Host Authorization middleware in Action Pack before 6.1.2.1, 6.0.3.5 suffers from an open redirect vulnerability. Specially crafted `Host` headers in combination with certain "allowed host" formats can cause the Host Authorization middleware in Action Pack to redirect users to a malicious website. Impacted applications will have allowed hosts with a leading dot. When an allowed host contains a leading dot, a specially crafted `Host` header can be used to redirect to a malicious website.


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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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Hyperlink Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/05/2 Mailing List  Mitigation  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/20/1 Mailing List  Mitigation  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/12/14/5 Exploit  Mailing List  Patch 
https://benjamin-bouchet.com/cve-2021-22881-faille-de-securite-dans-le-middleware-hostauthorization/ Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2021-22881-possible-open-redirect-in-host-authorization-middleware/77130 Mitigation  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://hackerone.com/reports/1047447 Exploit  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XQ3NS4IBYE2I3MVMGAHFZBZBIZGHXHT3/

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-601 URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') cwe source acceptance level NIST   HackerOne  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2021-22881
NVD Published Date:
02/11/2021
NVD Last Modified:
11/06/2023
Source:
HackerOne