SQL Injection Vulnerability in Ruby on Rails by Rails
CVE-2017-17919

8.1HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Rubyonrails

Status
Ruby On Rails
Vendor
CVE Published:
29 December 2017

What is CVE-2017-17919?

This vulnerability presents a SQL injection issue in the 'order' method within Ruby on Rails, specifically affecting version 5.1.4 and earlier. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands by manipulating the 'id desc' parameter. The vendor has noted that the documentation specifies this method is not designed to handle untrusted input, which raises concerns about its usage and security practices.

References

https://kay-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/ruby-on-rails...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.1
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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