CVE-2017-17920 (GCVE-0-2017-17920)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-12-29 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 21:06 Disputed
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
SQL injection vulnerability in the 'reorder' 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
Severity
8.1 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://kay-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/ruby-… | x_refsource_MISC |
Date Public
2017-12-27 00:00
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