CVE-2015-1840: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
(updated )
jquery_ujs.js in jquery-rails and rails.js in jquery-ujs, as used with Ruby on Rails, allow remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy, and trigger transmission of a CSRF token to a different-domain web server, via a leading space character in a URL within an attribute value.
References
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/160906.html
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/161043.html
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00041.html
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/16/15
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/75239
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-4whc-pp4x-9pf3
- github.com/rails/jquery-rails/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
- github.com/rails/jquery-ujs/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
- groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/XIZPbobuwaY/fqnzzpuOlA4J
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1840
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