CVE-2012-6496

Summary

CVECVE-2012-6496
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-01-04 04:46:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionSQL injection vulnerability in the Active Record component in Ruby on Rails before 3.0.18, 3.1.x before 3.1.9, and 3.2.x before 3.2.10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via a crafted request that leverages incorrect behavior of dynamic finders in applications that can use unexpected data types in certain find_by_ method calls.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-89 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.0 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.0 beta All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.0 beta2 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.0 beta3 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.0 beta4 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.0 rc All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.0 rc2 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.1 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.1 pre All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.10 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.10 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.11 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.12 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.12 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.13 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.13 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.14 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.16 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.2 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.2 pre All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.3 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.4 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.5 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.5 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.6 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.6 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.6 rc2 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.7 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.7 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.7 rc2 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.8 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.8 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.8 rc2 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.8 rc3 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.8 rc4 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.9 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.9 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.9 rc2 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.9 rc3 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.9 rc4 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.9 rc5 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.1.0 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.1.0 beta1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.1.0 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.1.0 rc2 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.1.0 rc3 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.1.0 rc4 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.1.0 rc5 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.1.0 rc6 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.1.0 rc7 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.1.0 rc8 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.1.1 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.1.1 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.1.1 rc2 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.1.1 rc3 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.1.2 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.1.2 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.1.2 rc2 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.1.3 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.1.4 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.1.4 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.1.5 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.1.5 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.1.6 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.1.7 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.1.8 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.2.0 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.2.0 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.2.0 rc2 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.2.1 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.2.2 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.2.2 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.2.3 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.2.3 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.2.3 rc2 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.2.4 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.2.4 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.2.5 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.2.6 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.2.7 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.2.8 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.2.9 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Ruby On Rails 3.0.4 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Ruby On Rails All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 889649 – CVE-2012-6496 rubygem-activerecord: find_by_* SQL Injection af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit, Patch
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Active Record: SQL injection af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Google Groups af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 groups.google.com
Rails SQL injection vulnerability: hold your horses, here are the facts – Phusion Corporate BlogPhusion Corporate Blog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blog.phusion.nl
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Ruby on Rails Multiple SQL Injection Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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