CVE-2016-0753 — Improper Input Validation in Rails

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation11 documents8 sources
Severity
5.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
2.3%
top 15.16%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Rubyonrails RailsDebian LinuxFedoraproject Fedora+1 more
Timeline
PublishedFeb 16
Latest updateOct 24

Description

Active Model in Ruby on Rails 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 supports the use of instance-level writers for class accessors, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended validation steps via crafted parameters.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDrubyonrails/rails4.1.0 — 4.1.14.1+2
▶Debianrubyonrails/rails< 2:4.2.5.1-1+3
▶NVDopensuse/leap42.1

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, Fedora 22, 23

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
activemodel contains Improper Input Validation↗2017-10-24
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GHSA
activemodel contains Improper Input Validation↗2017-10-24
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CVEList
CVE-2016-0753: Active Model in Ruby on Rails 4↗2016-02-16
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OSV
CVE-2016-0753: Active Model in Ruby on Rails 4↗2016-02-16
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
rubygem-activerecord: possible input validation circumvention in Active Model↗2016-01-25
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Debian
CVE-2016-0753: rails - Active Model in Ruby on Rails 4.1.x before 4.1.14.1, 4.2.x before 4.2.5.1, and 5...↗2016
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💬Community

4
HackerOne
Validation bypass for Active Record and Active Model↗2016-02-12
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-0753 rubygem-activerecord: rubygem-activemodel: Possible Input Validation Circumvention in Active Model [fedora-all]↗2016-01-26
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-0753 rubygem-activemodel: Possible Input Validation Circumvention in Active Model [fedora-all]↗2016-01-26
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-0753 rubygem-activerecord: possible input validation circumvention in Active Model↗2016-01-26
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