CVE-2015-7577

Published: Feb 16, 2016Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-284

5.3MEDIUM

NVD MITRE

Description

activerecord/lib/active_record/nested_attributes.rb in Active Record in Ruby on Rails 3.1.x and 3.2.x before 3.2.22.1, 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.14.1, 4.2.x before 4.2.5.1, and 5.x before 5.0.0.beta1.1 does not properly implement a certain destroy option, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended change restrictions by leveraging use of the nested attributes feature.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:LIntegrity

Low

A:NAvailability

None

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Weaknesses

CWE-284

Affected Products

rubyonrails

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

package-ecosystem

oss-projectaka rack? no, actionview, rubyonrails, rails

Ruby on RailsLibrary

OSS Libraries / web-framework

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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178041.html

lists.fedoraproject.org

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178065.html

lists.fedoraproject.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html

lists.opensuse.org

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