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  "canonical_id": "rails--CVE-2008-7248",
  "system_id": "rails",
  "display_name": "Ruby on Rails",
  "category": "frameworks",
  "advisory_mode": "core",
  "title": "CVE-2008-7248",
  "summary": "Ruby on Rails 2.1 before 2.1.3 and 2.2.x before 2.2.2 does not verify tokens for requests with certain content types, which allows remote attackers to bypass cross-site request forgery (CSRF) protection for requests to applications that rely on this protection, as demonstrated using text/plain.",
  "published_at": "2009-12-16T01:30:00.217",
  "updated_at": "2025-04-09T00:30:58.490",
  "severity": "medium",
  "cvss_score": 6.8,
  "exploit_status": "unknown",
  "source_confidence": "ecosystem-authority",
  "official_source_url": "http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/browse_thread/thread/d741ee286e36e301?hl=en",
  "secondary_source_urls": [
    "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html",
    "http://pseudo-flaw.net/content/web-browsers/form-data-encoding-roundup/",
    "http://secunia.com/advisories/36600",
    "http://secunia.com/advisories/38915",
    "http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2008/11/18/potential-circumvention-of-csrf-protection-in-rails-2-1",
    "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/28/1",
    "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/02/2",
    "http://www.rorsecurity.info/journal/2008/11/19/circumvent-rails-csrf-protection.html",
    "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2544"
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  "secure_code_topics": [
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    "file-upload-validation",
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  "status": "triage",
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