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CVE-2016-2098

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Description

Action Pack in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.2, 4.x before 4.1.14.2, and 4.2.x before 4.2.5.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Ruby code by leveraging an application's unrestricted use of the render method.

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40086/

https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/ly-IH-fxr_Q/WLoOhcMZIAAJ

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035122

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83725

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3509

http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2016/2/29/Rails-4-2-5-2-4-1-14-2-3-2-22-2-have-been-released/

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00006.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00086.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00083.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00080.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00057.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-04-07

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.86074

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