CVE-2021-28680

The devise_masquerade gem before 1.3 allows certain attacks when a password's salt is unknown. An application that uses this gem to let administrators masquerade/impersonate users loses one layer of security protection compared to a situation where Devise (without this extension) is used. If the server-side secret_key_base value became publicly known (for instance if it is committed to a public repository by mistake), there are still other protections in place that prevent an attacker from impersonating any user on the site. When masquerading is not used in a plain Devise application, one must know the password salt of the target user if one wants to encrypt and sign a valid session cookie. When devise_masquerade is used, however, an attacker can decide which user the "back" action will go back to without knowing that user's password salt and simply knowing the user ID, by manipulating the session cookie and pretending that a user is already masqueraded by an administrator.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:devise_masquerade_project:devise_masquerade:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 06:00

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://github.com/oivoodoo/devise_masquerade/issues/83 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory () https://github.com/oivoodoo/devise_masquerade/issues/83 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
References () https://labanskoller.se/blog/2021/03/23/the-devise-extension-that-peeled-off-one-layer-of-the-security-onion-cve-2021-28680/ - Exploit, Third Party Advisory () https://labanskoller.se/blog/2021/03/23/the-devise-extension-that-peeled-off-one-layer-of-the-security-onion-cve-2021-28680/ - Exploit, Third Party Advisory

13 Dec 2021, 18:28

Type Values Removed Values Added
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : 6.8
v3 : 8.1
CPE cpe:2.3:a:devise_masquerade_project:devise_masquerade:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*
CWE NVD-CWE-noinfo
References (MISC) https://github.com/oivoodoo/devise_masquerade/issues/83 - (MISC) https://github.com/oivoodoo/devise_masquerade/issues/83 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) https://labanskoller.se/blog/2021/03/23/the-devise-extension-that-peeled-off-one-layer-of-the-security-onion-cve-2021-28680/ - (MISC) https://labanskoller.se/blog/2021/03/23/the-devise-extension-that-peeled-off-one-layer-of-the-security-onion-cve-2021-28680/ - Exploit, Third Party Advisory

07 Dec 2021, 22:46

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2021-12-07 21:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 06:00


NVD link : CVE-2021-28680

Mitre link : CVE-2021-28680

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-28680


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Products Affected

devise_masquerade_project

  • devise_masquerade