FKIE_CVE-2012-6497

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2013-01-04 04:46 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:48
Severity
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://blog.phusion.nl/2013/01/03/rails-sql-injection-vulnerability-hold-your-horses-here-are-the-facts/Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/03/12Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://phenoelit.org/blog/archives/2012/12/21/let_me_github_that_for_you/index.htmlBroken Link, Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57084Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://blog.phusion.nl/2013/01/03/rails-sql-injection-vulnerability-hold-your-horses-here-are-the-facts/Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/03/12Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://phenoelit.org/blog/archives/2012/12/21/let_me_github_that_for_you/index.htmlBroken Link, Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57084Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
rubyonrails rails *
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