CVE-2017-17916

HIGH

8.1

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in the 'find_by' method in Ruby on Rails 5.1.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the 'name' parameter. NOTE: The vendor disputes this issue because the documentation states that this method is not intended for use with untrusted input

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score8.1

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityHIGH

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published12/29/2017

Last Modified4/20/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

rubyonrails:rails

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-89

References

https://kay-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/ruby-on-rails-arbitrary-sql-injection/(cve@mitre.org)

https://kay-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/ruby-on-rails-arbitrary-sql-injection/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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