PgHero gem allows CSRF

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

• CISA KEV Not listed.
• EPSS 0.0046, the 40th percentile, on 9 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the GitHub Advisory Database, published 5 Aug 2020. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

• GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-v6fx-752r-ccp2
• OSV: GHSA-v6fx-752r-ccp2
• nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16253
• github.com/ankane/pghero/issues/330
• github.com/ankane/pghero/commit/14b67b32fed19a30aaf9826ee72f2a29cda604e9
• github.com/ankane/pghero
• github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/pghero/CVE-2020-16253.yml

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.