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Rails activerecord gem has Improper Input Validation vulnerability

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Oct 24, 2017 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated May 26, 2023

Package

bundler activerecord (RubyGems)

Affected versions

>= 2.3.9, < 2.3.10
>= 3.0.0, < 3.0.1

Patched versions

2.3.10
3.0.1

Description

Ruby on Rails 2.3.9 and 3.0.0 does not properly handle nested attributes, which allows remote attackers to modify arbitrary records by changing the names of parameters for form inputs.

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 24, 2017
Reviewed Jun 16, 2020
Last updated May 26, 2023

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(71st percentile)

Weaknesses

Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2010-3933

GHSA ID

GHSA-gjxw-5w2q-7grf

Source code

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