"match" in Rails and CSRF

Related:
CSRF afterparty & MUST READ rules
Playing With Referer & Origin + disqus.com and yfrog.com Vulnerability)

Sometimes developers use GET for state-changing requests by purpose. This determines low-skilled developer. In this post I want to describe another vector of attack - GET Accessible Actions(GAA) - when framework abstractions + bad practices make "Good Guys' apps" insecure.

There is a thing I found exploring DSL's and engines' internals - many frameworks do "dirty work" for developer - they merge GET(stored in URL string)+POST(stored in Body) params into one unified hash. IMO it's cool and awesome to use - "params" for Rails and $_REQUEST for PHP.

But! As I found out it often confuses mechanism of handling GET requests from others(POST-like - PUT/DELETE/etc).
Same "state-changing" code is accessible via GET either, it is GAA, opening the easiest to use hole: <img src=URL/create_message?message[body]=SPAM>

Playing With Referer & Origin

(related: CSRF afterparty & MUST READ rules )

If you read owasp you should know that Referer has never been a good protection. If user submits form from https:// URL than referer header is omitted due to security reasons - it's known fact. But having https page is a big deal for hacker - very uncomfortable for massive attacks(rapidly banned/reported, expensive certificates).

I found a way(in fact two ways) to omit this header from any page - it is the trick with about:blank.

CSRF examples

Previous discussion on hacker news with tons of critics and conservatism.

Remark: Post is published on April 2(but was expected yesterday) coz Berlin haz no free wifi cause I'm not joking and I figured out that Sunday is the worst day for urgent updates. Well, who cares the date, enjoy:

TL;DR:

I'm trying hard to prove my point that statement "CSRF is only the developers' problem" is not true. I provided some examples and I want you to check them out. I really appreciate any viewpoint at this problem. Thank you for your attention in advance!