Symbol DoS vulnerability in Active Record

When a hash is provided as the find value for a query, the keys of the hash may be converted to symbols. Carefully crafted requests can coerce params:name to return a hash, and the keys to that hash may be converted to symbols. All users running an affected release should either upgrade or use on...

SQL Injection

ActiveRecord-JDBC-Adapter AR-JDBC contains a flaw that may allow carrying out an SQL injection attack. The issue is due to the sql.gsub function in lib/arjdbc/jdbc/adapter.rb not properly sanitizing user-supplied input before using it in SQL queries. This may allow a remote attacker to inject or...

Serialized Attributes YAML Vulnerability with Rails 2.3 and 3.0

There is a vulnerability in the serialized attribute handling code in Ruby on Rails, applications which allow users to directly assign to the serialized fields in their models are at risk of Denial of Service or Remote Code Execution vulnerabilities...

Circumvention of attr_protected

The attrprotected method allows developers to specify a denylist of model attributes which users should not be allowed to assign to. By using a specially crafted request, attackers could circumvent this protection and alter values that were meant to be protected...

Circumvention of attr_protected

The attrprotected method allows developers to exclude model attributes which users should not be allowed to assign to. By using a specially crafted request, attackers could circumvent this protection and alter values that were meant to be protected...

Vulnerability in JSON Parser in Ruby on Rails 3.0 and 2.3

There is a vulnerability in the JSON code for Ruby on Rails which allows attackers to bypass authentication systems, inject arbitrary SQL, inject and execute arbitrary code, or perform a DoS attack on a Rails application...

Unsafe Query Generation Risk in Ruby on Rails

Due to the way Active Record interprets parameters in combination with the way that JSON parameters are parsed, it is possible for an attacker to issue unexpected database queries with "IS NULL" or empty where clauses. This issue does not let an attacker insert arbitrary values into an SQL query,...

Multiple vulnerabilities in parameter parsing in Action Pack

There are multiple weaknesses in the parameter parsing code for Ruby on Rails which allows attackers to bypass authentication systems, inject arbitrary SQL, inject and execute arbitrary code, or perform a DoS attack on a Rails application...

Ruby on Rails Potential XSS Vulnerability in select_tag prompt

When a value for the prompt field is supplied to the selecttag helper, the value is not escaped. If untrusted data is not escaped, and is supplied as the prompt value, there is a potential for XSS attacks...

Potential XSS Vulnerability in Ruby on Rails

The HTML escaping code in Ruby on Rails does not escape all potentially dangerous characters. In particular the code does not escape the single quote character. The helpers used in Rails itself never use single quotes, so most applications are unlikely to be vulnerable, however all users running ...

SQL injection vulnerability in Active Record

Due to the way Active Record handles nested query parameters, an attacker can use a specially crafted request to inject some forms of SQL into your application's SQL queries...

SQL Injection

Ruby on Rails contains a flaw related to the way ActiveRecord handles parameters in conjunction with the way Rack parses query parameters. This issue may allow an attacker to inject arbitrary IS NULL clauses in to application SQL queries. This may also allow an attacker to have the SQL query chec...

Direct Manipulation XSS

Ruby on Rails contains a flaw that allows a remote cross-site scripting XSS attack. This flaw exists because the application does not validate direct manipulations of SafeBuffer objects via '' and other methods. This may allow a user to create a specially crafted request that would execute...

XSS via posted select tag options

Ruby on Rails is vulnerable to remote cross-site scripting because the application does not validate manually generated select tag options upon submission to actionpack/lib/actionview/helpers/formoptionshelper.rb. This may allow a user to create a specially crafted request that would execute...

Translate helper method which may allow an attacker to insert arbitrary code into a page

The helper method for i18n translations has a convention whereby translations strings with a name ending in 'html' are considered HTML safe. There is also a mechanism for interpolation. It has been discovered that these 'html' strings allow arbitrary values to be contained in the interpolated...

Response Splitting Vulnerability in Ruby on Rails

A response splitting flaw can allow a remote attacker to inject arbitrary HTTP headers into a response due to insufficient sanitization of the values provided for response content types...

ActiveRecord Gem :limit / :offset SQL Injection

The issue is due to the program not properly sanitizing user-supplied input related to the :limit and :offset functions. This may allow an attacker to inject or manipulate SQL queries in the back-end database, allowing for the manipulation or disclosure of arbitrary data...

Remote code execution and potential Denial of Service Vulnerability

Activeresource contains a format string flaw in the request function of lib/activeresource/connection.rb. The issue is triggered as format string specifiers e.g. %s and %x are not properly sanitized in user-supplied input when passed via the result.code and result.message variables. This may allo...