CVE-2015-1820
rest-client Gem Vulnerable to Session Fixation
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 4.3%
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.
How to fix CVE-2015-1820
To remediate CVE-2015-1820, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/ruby-rest-client—upgrade to 1.6.7-6 or later
- —upgrade to 1.8.0 or later
Is CVE-2015-1820 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 4.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1.6.7-6
- >= 1.6.1.a, < 1.8.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |