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CVE-2023-28362 Detail

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.


Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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Hyperlink Resource
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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-116 Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output CISA-ADP  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2023-28362
NVD Published Date:
01/08/2025
NVD Last Modified:
01/09/2025
Source:
HackerOne