CVE-2015-8314 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Devise gem before 3.5.4 for Ruby mishandles Remember Me cookies for sessions, which may allow an adversary to obtain unauthorized persistent application access.

Published: 2023-12-12

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:heartcombo:devise:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-746g-3gfp-hfhw	Devise Gem for Ruby Unauthorized Access Using "Remember Me" Cookie

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00173.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-746g-3gfp-hfhw
https://github.com/heartcombo/devise/commit/c92996646aba2d25b2c3e235fe0c4f1a84b70d24
https://rubysec.com/advisories/CVE-2015-8314/

History

Tue, 27 May 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Heartcombo Devise

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-12-12T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-27T14:34:06.860Z

Reserved: 2015-11-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-8314

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:13:32.124Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-12-12T17:15:07.450

Modified: 2025-05-27T15:15:23.300

Link: CVE-2015-8314

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-312

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