Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

CVE-2010-3299

Medium

6.5/10

Summary

The encrypt/decrypt functions in Ruby on Rails prior to 2.3 are vulnerable to padding oracle attacks.

Attack Complexity: LOW
Attack Vector: NETWORK
Integrity Impact: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
User Interaction: REQUIRED
Privileges Required: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
Availability Impact: NONE

CWE-311 - Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

The software does not encrypt sensitive or critical information before storage or transmission.

References

Advisory Timeline

Published Nov 12, 2019