CVEvulnerability
CVE-2012-6497
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2013-01-04
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-89
Description
The 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.
Affected configurations
• rubyonrails rails (< 3.2.10)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command weakness
References
- http://blog.phusion.nl/2013/01/03/rails-sql-injection-vulnerability-hold-your-horses-here-are-the-facts/ Exploit
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/03/12 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://phenoelit.org/blog/archives/2012/12/21/let_me_github_that_for_you/index.html Broken Link, Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57084 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://blog.phusion.nl/2013/01/03/rails-sql-injection-vulnerability-hold-your-horses-here-are-the-facts/ Exploit
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/03/12 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://phenoelit.org/blog/archives/2012/12/21/let_me_github_that_for_you/index.html Broken Link, Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57084 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry