CVE-2016-6317

Action Record in Ruby on Rails 4.2.x before 4.2.7.1 does not properly consider differences in parameter handling between the Active Record component and the JSON implementation, which allows remote...

Published: Sep 7, 2016Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-284

7.5HIGH

Description

ActiveRecord in Ruby on Rails allows database-query bypass

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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:HIntegrity

High

A:NAvailability

None

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Weaknesses

CWE-284 CWE-476

Affected Products

package-ecosystem

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

rails

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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques

Impact

Initial Access

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6317

nvd.nist.gov

https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/activerecord/CVE-2016-6317.yml

github.com

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ruby-security-ann/WccgKSKiPZA

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