Spree uses a hardcoded hash value

Also known as GHSA-g466-57gh-cqfw

Published 14 y ago 2012-04-04 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-16 · JSON

CVSS

5.0

v2.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

1.2%

percentile 69%

Public exploits

none known

The session cookie store implementation in Spree 0.2.0 uses a hardcoded config.action_controller_session hash value (aka secret key), which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass cryptographic protection mechanisms by leveraging an application that contains this value within the config/environment.rb file.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.23% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	2.0	5.0	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`

Affected packages

Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
rubygems	`spree`	<0.4.0	0.4.0

Classification

Weakness

CWE-255 Credentials Management Errors

References

support.spreehq.org /issues/show/63 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
spreecommerce.com /blog/2008/08/12/security-vulernability-session-cookie-store/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2008-7311 · advisory
github.com /rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/spree/CVE-2008-7311.yml · web
github.com /spree/spree · package
spreecommerce.com /blog/security-vulernability-session-cookie-store · web
web.archive.org /web/20090306033106/http://support.spreehq.org/issues/show/63 · web
web.archive.org /web/20100309050152/http://rubygems.org/gems/spree/versions · web
web.archive.org /web/20101128024939/http://spreecommerce.com/blog/2008/08/12/security-vulernability-sessio · web
spreecommerce.com /blog/2008/08/12/security-vulernability-session-cookie-store · web

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2008-7311
GitHub Advisory: GHSA-g466-57gh-cqfw
NVD: CVE-2008-7311

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