A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in abhilash1985 PredictApp. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file config/initializers/new_framework_defaults_7_0.rb of the component Cookie Handler. The manipulation leads to deserialization. The attack may be initiated remotely. The patch is named b067372f3ee26fe1b657121f0f41883ff4461a06. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-218387.
The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently verifying that the resulting data will be valid.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Predictapp | Predictapp_project | * | 2022-03-20 (excluding) |
It is often convenient to serialize objects for communication or to save them for later use. However, deserialized data or code can often be modified without using the provided accessor functions if it does not use cryptography to protect itself. Furthermore, any cryptography would still be client-side security – which is a dangerous security assumption. Data that is untrusted can not be trusted to be well-formed. When developers place no restrictions on “gadget chains,” or series of instances and method invocations that can self-execute during the deserialization process (i.e., before the object is returned to the caller), it is sometimes possible for attackers to leverage them to perform unauthorized actions, like generating a shell.