CVE-2024-28121

Summary

stimulus_reflex is a system to extend the capabilities of both Rails and Stimulus by intercepting user interactions and passing them to Rails over real-time websockets. In affected versions more methods than expected can be called on reflex instances. Being able to call some of them has security implications. To invoke a reflex a websocket message of the following shape is sent: \"target\":\"[class_name]#[method_name]\",\"args\":[]. The server will proceed to instantiate reflex using the provided class_name as long as it extends StimulusReflex::Reflex. It then attempts to call method_name on the instance with the provided arguments. This is problematic as reflex.method method_name can be more methods that those explicitly specified by the developer in their reflex class. A good example is the instance_variable_set method. This vulnerability has been patched in versions 3.4.2 and 3.5.0.rc4. Users unable to upgrade should: see the backing GHSA advisory for mitigation advice.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
stimulusreflexstimulus_reflex>= 3.5.0.rc1, < 3.5.0.rc4affected
stimulusreflexstimulus_reflex< 3.4.2affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-470: CWE-470: Use of Externally-Controlled Input to Select Classes or Code ('Unsafe Reflection')

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: total

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