Medium severity · published Feb 12, 2025
CVE-2025-25184
Rack provides an interface for developing web applications in Ruby
6.5
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Rack provides an interface for developing web applications in Ruby. Prior to versions 2.2.11, 3.0.12, and 3.1.10, Rack::CommonLogger can be exploited by crafting input that includes newline characters to manipulate log entries. The supplied proof-of-concept demonstrates injecting malicious content into logs. When a user provides the authorization credentials via Rack::Auth::Basic, if success, the username will be put in env['REMOTE_USER'] and later be used by Rack::CommonLogger for logging purposes. The issue occurs when a server intentionally or unintentionally allows a user creation with the username contain CRLF and white space characters, or the server just want to log every login attempts. If an attacker enters a username with CRLF character, the logger will log the malicious username with CRLF characters into the logfile. Attackers can break log formats or insert fraudulent entries, potentially obscuring real activity or injecting malicious data into log files. Versions 2.2.11, 3.0.12, and 3.1.10 contain a fix.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 68% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RA
Rack · Rack
before 2.2.11; 3.0.0 before 3.0.12; 3.1.0 before 3.1.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-25184
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-25184
Patch
https://github.com/rack/rack/commit/074ae244430cda05c27ca91cda699709cfb3ad8e
Exploit
https://github.com/rack/rack/security/advisories/GHSA-7g2v-jj9q-g3rg
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00016.html
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