CVE-2021-21305 — Injection in Carrierwave

CWE-74 — InjectionCWE-94 — Code Injection8 documents6 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
CNA7.4
EPSS
2.8%
top 13.83%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Carrierwaveuploader CarrierwaveCarrierwave Project Carrierwave
Timeline
PublishedFeb 8
Latest updateMay 7

Description

CarrierWave is an open-source RubyGem which provides a simple and flexible way to upload files from Ruby applications. In CarrierWave before versions 1.3.2 and 2.1.1, there is a code injection vulnerability. The "#manipulate!" method inappropriately evals the content of mutation option(:read/:write), allowing attackers to craft a string that can be executed as a Ruby code. If an application developer supplies untrusted inputs to the option, it will lead to remote code execution(RCE). This is fix…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶CVEListV5carrierwaveuploader/carrierwave< 1.3.2+1
▶NVDcarrierwave_project/carrierwave2.0.1 — 2.1.1+1
▶RubyGemscarrierwave_project/carrierwave2.0.0 — 2.1.1+1

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

5
OSV
ruby-carrierwave vulnerabilities↗2025-05-07
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OSV
CVE-2021-21305: CarrierWave is an open-source RubyGem which provides a simple and flexible way to upload files from Ruby applications↗2021-02-08
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CVEList
Code Injection vulnerability in CarrierWave↗2021-02-08
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OSV
Code Injection vulnerability in CarrierWave::RMagick↗2021-02-08
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GHSA
Code Injection vulnerability in CarrierWave::RMagick↗2021-02-08
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
CarrierWave vulnerabilities↗2025-05-07
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Debian
CVE-2021-21305: ruby-carrierwave - CarrierWave is an open-source RubyGem which provides a simple and flexible way t...↗2021
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