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CVE-2020-16253: PgHero gem allows CSRF

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-08-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-352

Description

The PgHero gem through 2.6.0 for Ruby allows CSRF.

Affected products

• Pghero Project Pghero: through 2.6.0
• Rubygems Pghero: before 2.7.0; 0.0.1, 0.0.2, 0.0.3, 0.1.0, 0.1.1, 0.1.10 (+57) — fixed in 2.7.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Rubygems Pghero 2.7.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/ankane/pghero/
• https://github.com/ankane/pghero/issues/330
• https://github.com/ankane/pghero/
• https://github.com/ankane/pghero/issues/330

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