CVE-2007-5380
Session fixation vulnerability in Rails
CVE-2007-5380 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in David Hansson Ruby On Rails, published October 19, 2007. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.58%, the 89th percentile. Fixed in rails 1.2.4.
- Severity
- 6.8 MediumCVSS 2.0, NVD
- Exploit chance
- 3.58%EPSS, 89th percentile
- Exploitation
- None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
- Fixed in
1.2.4rails +4 more
Description
Session fixation vulnerability in Rails before 1.2.4, as used for Ruby on Rails, allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via unspecified vectors related to "URL-based sessions."
Exploit likelihood
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
railsRubyGems | before 1.2.4 | 1.2.4 |
railsDebian:12 | before 1.2.5-1 | 1.2.5-1 |
railsDebian:13 | before 1.2.5-1 | 1.2.5-1 |
railsDebian:14 | before 1.2.5-1 | 1.2.5-1 |
railsRubyGems | before 1.2.4, plus listed versions 0.10.00.10.10.11.00.11.10.12.0 Show 28 moreShow less0.12.10.13.00.13.10.14.10.14.20.14.30.14.40.8.00.8.50.9.00.9.10.9.20.9.30.9.40.9.4.10.9.51.0.01.1.01.1.11.1.21.1.31.1.41.1.51.1.61.2.01.2.11.2.21.2.3 | 1.2.4 |
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Session fixation vulnerability in Rails before 1.2.4, as used for Ruby on Rails, allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via unspecified vectors related to "URL-based sessions."
- Record
CVE-2007-5380- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score
Session fixation vulnerability in Rails before 1.2.4, as used for Ruby on Rails, allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via unspecified vectors related to "URL-based sessions."
- Record
CVE-2007-5380- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-0266No score
Session fixation vulnerability in Rails before 1.2.4, as used for Ruby on Rails, allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via unspecified vectors related to "URL-based sessions."
- Record
EUVD-2017-0266- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jwhv-rgqc-fqj5No score
Session fixation vulnerability in Rails
Session fixation vulnerability in Rails before 1.2.4, as used for Ruby on Rails, allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via unspecified vectors related to "URL-based sessions."
- Record
GHSA-jwhv-rgqc-fqj5- Weakness
- CWE-384
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVNo score
Session fixation vulnerability in Rails before 1.2.4, as used for Ruby on Rails, allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via unspecified vectors related to "URL-based sessions."
- Record
CVE-2007-5380- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2007-5380No score
Session fixation vulnerability in Rails before 1.2.4, as used for Ruby on Rails, allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via unspecified vectors related to "URL-based sessions."
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5380- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-jwhv-rgqc-fqj5No score
Session fixation vulnerability in Rails
Session fixation vulnerability in Rails before 1.2.4, as used for Ruby on Rails, allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via unspecified vectors related to "URL-based sessions."
- Record
GHSA-jwhv-rgqc-fqj5- Weakness
- CWE-384
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| affected, aliases, cwes, facts, references, title | GitHub Advisories, OSV | |
| first indexed | CVE List, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
References
secunia.com/advisories/27965
vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238
us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html
securityfocus.com/bid/26096
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security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-17.xml
bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195315
novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_25_sr.html
weblog.rubyonrails.org/2007/10/5/rails-1-2-4-maintenance-release
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5380
github.com/advisories/GHSA-jwhv-rgqc-fqj5
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-5380