CVE-2017-17916

HIGH

Ruby on Rails < 5.1.4 - SQL Injection via 'find_by' Method

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in the 'find_by' 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

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 8.1
EPSS 0.0153
EPSS Percentile 72.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-89
Status published
Products (1)
rubyonrails/rails < 5.1.4
Published Dec 29, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026