// For flags

CVE-2016-0753

rubygem-activerecord: possible input validation circumvention in Active Model

Severity Score

5.3
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

1.8%
*EPSS

Affected Versions

7
*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

Active Model in Ruby on Rails 4.1.x before 4.1.14.1, 4.2.x before 4.2.5.1, and 5.x before 5.0.0.beta1.1 supports the use of instance-level writers for class accessors, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended validation steps via crafted parameters.

Active Model en Ruby on Rails 4.1.x en versiones anteriores a 4.1.14.1, 4.2.x en versiones anteriores a 4.2.5.1 y 5.x en versiones anteriores a 5.0.0.beta1.1 soporta el uso de los escritores a nivel de instancia para descriptores de acceso de clase, lo que permite a atacantes remotos eludir los pasos destinados a la validación a través de parámetros manipulados.

A flaw was found in the way the Active Model based models processed attributes. An attacker with the ability to pass arbitrary attributes to models could possibly use this flaw to bypass input validation.

The rh-ror41 collection provides Ruby on Rails version 4.1. Ruby on Rails is a model-view-controller framework for web application development. The following issue was corrected in rubygem-actionpack and rubygem-actionview: A directory traversal flaw was found in the way the Action View component searched for templates for rendering. If an application passed untrusted input to the 'render' method, a remote, unauthenticated attacker could use this to render unexpected files and, possibly, execute arbitrary code.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2015-12-16 CVE Reserved
  • 2016-02-01 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-05 CVE Updated
  • 2025-04-08 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions (7)