CVE-2016-3098 — administrate
MEDIUMCVE-2016-3098 is a medium-severity (CVSS 5.4) Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in administrate. A fix is available for administrate — see the affected versions and patch details below.
administrate vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
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Real-World Exposure
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Description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in administrate 0.1.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to hijack the user's OAuth autorization code.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 💎RubyGems | administrate | all versions | 0.1.5bundle update administrate --conservative |
Affected Products
administratethoughtbotDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for administrate, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update administrate to 0.1.5 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2016-3098 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Find it across RubyGems, including transitive dependencies.