SCA: security update for activerecord (GHSA-xf96-32q2-9rw2)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 421812

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in Ruby on Rails before 2.1.1 allow remote attackers to execute
arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) :limit and (2) :offset parameters, related to ActiveRecord,
ActiveSupport, ActiveResource, ActionPack, and ActionMailer. (CVE-2008-4094)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xf96-32q2-9rw2

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 421812

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.8

Percentile: 22.22

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-4094

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.6

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/24/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/1/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-4094

BID: 31176

cwe: CWE-89