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CVE-2015-1820

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-08-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-384

Description

REST client for Ruby (aka rest-client) before 1.8.0 allows remote attackers to conduct session fixation attacks or obtain sensitive cookie information by leveraging passage of cookies set in a response to a redirect.

Affected products

• Rest-Client Project Rest-Client: through 1.7.3

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/24/3
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73295
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1205291
• https://github.com/rest-client/rest-client/issues/369
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/24/3
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73295
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1205291
• https://github.com/rest-client/rest-client/issues/369

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