Vulnerability identifier: #VU21292
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]
CVE-ID:
CWE-ID:
CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Network
Exploit availability: No
Vulnerable software:
consul
Universal components / Libraries /
Scripting languages
Vendor: makandra
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to certain controller actions.
The vulnerability exists in the consul gem for Ruby on Rails when processing multiple power directives. As a result, the ":only" and ":except" options of the last directive apply to all previous directives. A remote attacker can gain unauthenticated access to certain controller actions.
Mitigation
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Vulnerable software versions
consul: 0.1.0 - 1.0.2
External links
http://github.com/makandra/consul/issues/49
http://rubygems.org/gems/consul
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.