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CVE-2016-10522

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-07-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-352

Description

rails_admin ruby gem <v1.1.1 is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks. Non-GET methods were not validating CSRF tokens and, as a result, an attacker could hypothetically gain access to the application administrative endpoints exposed by the gem.

Affected products

• https://github.com/sferik rails_admin ruby gem: before 1.1.1 — fixed in 1.1.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: https://github.com/sferik rails_admin ruby gem 1.1.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/sferik/rails_admin/commit/b13e879eb93b661204e9fb5e55f7afa4f397537a
• https://www.sourceclear.com/blog/Rails_admin-Vulnerability-Disclosure/
• https://www.sourceclear.com/registry/security/cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-/ruby/sid-3173
• https://github.com/sferik/rails_admin/commit/b13e879eb93b661204e9fb5e55f7afa4f397537a
• https://www.sourceclear.com/blog/Rails_admin-Vulnerability-Disclosure/
• https://www.sourceclear.com/registry/security/cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-/ruby/sid-3173

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