High severity · published Apr 7, 2016
CVE-2016-2098
Action Pack in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.2, 4.x before 4.1.14.2, and 4.2.x before 4.2.5.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Ruby code by leveraging an application's…
7.3
CVSS
81.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Action Pack in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.2, 4.x before 4.1.14.2, and 4.2.x before 4.2.5.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Ruby code by leveraging an application's unrestricted use of the render method.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)81.4% · higher than 100% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
RA
Rails · Rubyonrails
4.0.0; 4.0.0; 4.0.0; 4.0.0; 4.0.1; 4.0.1; +34 more · source: NVD
RO
Ruby ON Rails · Rubyonrails
through 3.2.22.1; 4.1.14.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2098
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2098
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00057.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00080.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00083.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00086.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00006.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html
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