CVE-2012-6497

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-6497
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-01-04 04:46:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe Authlogic gem for Ruby on Rails, when used with certain versions before 3.2.10, makes potentially unsafe find_by_id method calls, which might allow remote attackers to conduct CVE-2012-6496 SQL injection attacks via a crafted parameter in environments that have a known secret_token value, as demonstrated by a value contained in secret_token.rb in an open-source product.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-89 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Rubyonrails Rails All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Rails SQL injection vulnerability: hold your horses, here are the facts – Phusion Corporate BlogPhusion Corporate Blog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blog.phusion.nl Exploit
Let Me Github That For You | Lands of Packets af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 phenoelit.org Broken Link, Exploit
oss-security - Re: SQL Injection Vulnerability in Ruby on Rails (CVE-2012-5664) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Ruby on Rails Multiple SQL Injection Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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