SCA: security update for activerecord (GHSA-gjxw-5w2q-7grf)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 421816

Description

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

- Ruby on Rails 2.3.9 and 3.0.0 does not properly handle nested attributes, which allows remote attackers to
modify arbitrary records by changing the names of parameters for form inputs. (CVE-2010-3933)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gjxw-5w2q-7grf

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 421816

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: 2.1

Percentile: 7.23

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-3933

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/24/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/15/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-3933

BID: 44124

cwe: CWE-20