CVE-2019-16109
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.018 · 79 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
An issue was discovered in Plataformatec Devise before 4.7.1. It confirms accounts upon receiving a request with a blank confirmation_token, if a database record has a blank value in the confirmation_token column. (However, there is no scenario within Devise itself in which such database records would exist.)
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affected products (3)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-fcjw-8rhj-gwwcAuthentication Bypass in Devise2019-09-11ghsa · osvUS
An issue was discovered in Plataformatec Devise before 4.7.1. It confirms accounts upon receiving a request with a blank confirmation_token, if a database record has a blank value in the confirmation_token column. (However, there is no scenario within Devise itself in which such database records would exist.)
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references (9)
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- https://github.com/plataformatec/devise/compare/v4.7.0...v4.7.1cnnvd
- https://github.com/plataformatec/devise/issues/5071cnnvd
- https://github.com/plataformatec/devise/pull/5132cnnvd
- https://github.com/plataformatec/devise/compare/v4.7.0...v4.7.1enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/plataformatec/devise/issues/5071enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/plataformatec/devise/pull/5132enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/plataformatec/devise/compare/v4.7.0...v4.7.1Third Party Advisorynvd
- https://github.com/plataformatec/devise/issues/5071Third Party Advisorynvd
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