CVE-2017-17917

HIGH

8.1

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in the 'where' method in Ruby on Rails 5.1.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the 'id' 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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