CRLF injection vulnerability in Ruby on Rails before 2.0.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via a crafted URL to the redirect_to function.
CVE-2008-5189 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 2 products from rubyonrails, from rubyonrails organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
Originally identified in 2008, this vulnerability predates many modern security frameworks and practices. The vulnerability landscape of that era was characterized by different threat models and less mature defense mechanisms compared to contemporary standards.
2008-11-21T12:00:00.187
2025-04-09T00:30:58.490
Deferred
CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
10.0
2.9
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | rubyonrails | rails | 0.9.1 | Yes |
| Application | rubyonrails | rails | 0.9.2 | Yes |
| Application | rubyonrails | rails | 0.9.3 | Yes |
| Application | rubyonrails | rails | 0.9.4 | Yes |
| Application | rubyonrails | rails | 0.9.4.1 | Yes |
| Application | rubyonrails | rails | 0.10.0 | Yes |
| Application | rubyonrails | rails | 0.10.1 | Yes |
| Application | rubyonrails | rails | 0.11.0 | Yes |
| Application | rubyonrails | rails | 0.11.1 | Yes |
| Application | rubyonrails | rails | 0.12.0 | Yes |
| Application | rubyonrails | rails | 0.12.1 | Yes |
| Application | rubyonrails | rails | 0.13.0 | Yes |
| Application | rubyonrails | rails | 0.13.1 | Yes |
| Application | rubyonrails | rails | 0.14.1 | Yes |
| Application | rubyonrails | rails | 0.14.2 | Yes |
| Application | rubyonrails | rails | 0.14.3 | Yes |
| Application | rubyonrails | rails | 0.14.4 | Yes |
| Application | rubyonrails | rails | 1.0.0 | Yes |
| Application | rubyonrails | rails | 1.1.0 | Yes |
| Application | rubyonrails | rails | 1.1.1 | Yes |
| Application | rubyonrails | rails | 1.1.2 | Yes |
| Application | rubyonrails | rails | 1.1.3 | Yes |
| Application | rubyonrails | rails | 1.1.4 | Yes |
| Application | rubyonrails | rails | 1.1.5 | Yes |
| Application | rubyonrails | rails | 1.1.6 | Yes |
| Application | rubyonrails | rails | 1.2.0 | Yes |
| Application | rubyonrails | rails | 1.2.1 | Yes |
| Application | rubyonrails | rails | 1.2.2 | Yes |
| Application | rubyonrails | rails | 1.2.3 | Yes |
| Application | rubyonrails | rails | 1.2.4 | Yes |
| Application | rubyonrails | rails | 1.2.5 | Yes |
| Application | rubyonrails | rails | 1.2.6 | Yes |
| Application | rubyonrails | rails | 1.9.5 | Yes |
| Application | rubyonrails | rails | 2.0.0 | Yes |
| Application | rubyonrails | rails | 2.0.0 | Yes |
| Application | rubyonrails | rails | 2.0.0 | Yes |
| Application | rubyonrails | rails | 2.0.1 | Yes |
| Application | rubyonrails | rails | 2.0.2 | Yes |
| Application | rubyonrails | ruby_on_rails | ≤ 2.0.4 | Yes |
| Application | rubyonrails | ruby_on_rails | 0.5.0 | Yes |
| Application | rubyonrails | ruby_on_rails | 0.5.5 | Yes |
| Application | rubyonrails | ruby_on_rails | 0.5.6 | Yes |
| Application | rubyonrails | ruby_on_rails | 0.5.7 | Yes |
| Application | rubyonrails | ruby_on_rails | 0.6.0 | Yes |
| Application | rubyonrails | ruby_on_rails | 0.6.5 | Yes |
| Application | rubyonrails | ruby_on_rails | 0.7.0 | Yes |
| Application | rubyonrails | ruby_on_rails | 0.8.0 | Yes |
| Application | rubyonrails | ruby_on_rails | 0.8.5 | Yes |
| Application | rubyonrails | ruby_on_rails | 0.9.0 | Yes |
SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For rubyonrails's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.