CVE-2014-0080

Published: Feb 20, 2014Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-89

6.8MEDIUM

NVD MITRE

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/cast.rb in Active Record in Ruby on Rails 4.0.x before 4.0.3, and 4.1.0.beta1, when PostgreSQL is used, allows remote attackers to execute "add data" SQL commands via vectors involving \ (backslash) characters that are not properly handled in operations on array columns.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:MAccess Complexity

Medium

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:PConfidentiality

Partial

I:PIntegrity

Partial

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

CWE-89

Affected Products

rubyonrails

oss-project·USaka rails, ruby on rails, rubyonrails.org

package-ecosystem

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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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References

https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/Wu96YkTUR6s/pPLBMZrlwvYJ

groups.google.com

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/18/9

openwall.com

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0080

nvd.nist.gov

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