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    CVE-2017-17920

    SQL injection vulnerability in the 'reorder' 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

    Published:Dec 29, 2017
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:Dec 29, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.00484
    CVSS Score:8.1

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Rubyonrails
    Product
    Ruby On Rails

    Exploits

    https://kay-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/ruby-on-rails-arbitrary-sql-injection/https://kay-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/ruby-on-rails-arbitrary-sql-injection/

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High