# CVE-2007-5380: Session fixation vulnerability in Rails

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2007-5380-session-fixation-vulnerability-in-rails  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2017-10-24  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2007-5380 · Severity: info · Published 2017-10-24

Session fixation vulnerability in Rails

Technologies: [rails (RubyGems)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/rubygems-rails). Vendors: [RubyGems](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/rubygems).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2007-5380 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2007-5380 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2007-5380?** Informational severity, published 24 October 2017.

**Which products and versions are affected?** rails (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=1.2.4.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2007-5380?** Yes. rails (RubyGems): upgrade to 1.2.4 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2007-5380?** Check whether you run rails (RubyGems) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- rails (RubyGems): upgrade to 1.2.4 or later

  ```sh
  bundle update rails
  ```


## Affected products

- rails (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=1.2.4

## Identifiers

- CVE-2007-5380
- GHSA-jwhv-rgqc-fqj5

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