CVE-2020-5257
HIGHAdministrate < 0.13.0 - SQL Injection via Direction Parameter
Title source: llmDescription
In Administrate (rubygem) before version 0.13.0, when sorting by attributes on a dashboard, the direction parameter was not validated before being interpolated into the SQL query. This could present a SQL injection if the attacker were able to modify the `direction` parameter and bypass ActiveRecord SQL protections. Whilst this does have a high-impact, to exploit this you need access to the Administrate dashboards, which we would expect to be behind authentication. This is patched in wersion 0.13.0.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/thoughtbot/administrate/security/advisories/GHSA-2p5p-m353-833w
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/thoughtbot/administrate/commit/3ab838b83c5f565fba50e0c6f66fe4517f98eed3
Scores
CVSS v3
7.7
EPSS
0.0090
EPSS Percentile
54.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-943
CWE-89
Status
published
Products (2)
rubygems/administrate
0 - 0.13.0RubyGems
thoughtbot/administrate
< 0.13.0
Published
Mar 13, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026