This host is running Ruby on Rails and is prone to file injection vulnerability.

Successful exploitation will allow attackers to inject arbitrary data into the affected HTTP header field, attackers may be able to launch cross-site request-forgery, cross-site scripting, HTML-injection, and other attacks. Impact Level: Application

No solution or patch was made available for at least one year since disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.

The flaw is due to input validation error for the 'X-Forwarded-For' field in the header.

Ruby on Rails version 3.0.5

• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Mar/162
• http://webservsec.blogspot.com/2011/02/ruby-on-rails-vulnerability.html
• https://gist.github.com/868268

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Updated on 2015-03-25