CVE-2016-10522
rails_admin ruby gem <v1.1.1 is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks. Non-GET methods were not validating CSRF tokens…
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- hackerone
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By hackerone
- 8 months later
· 8 months later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.98% · top 37% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
Affected products
https://github.com/sferik · rails_admin ruby gem
- affected >= 1.1.1
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- RubyGemsrails_adminGHSA-pxqr-8v54-m2hj (opens in a new tab)
References (3)
- https://www.sourceclear.com/blog/Rails_admin-Vulnerability-Disclosure/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/sferik/rails_admin/commit/b13e879eb93b661204e9fb5e55f7afa4f397537a (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.sourceclear.com/registry/security/cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-/ruby/sid-3173 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-pxqr-8v54-m2hj (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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