High severity · published Dec 29, 2017
CVE-2017-17916
SQL injection vulnerability in the 'find_by' method in Ruby on Rails 5.1.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the 'name' parameter
8.1
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
SQL injection vulnerability in the 'find_by' method in Ruby on Rails 5.1.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the 'name' parameter. NOTE: The vendor disputes this issue because the documentation states that this method is not intended for use with untrusted input
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 75% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RA
Rails · Rubyonrails
through 5.1.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17916
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17916
Exploit
https://kay-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/ruby-on-rails-arbitrary-sql-injection/
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