CVE-2017-17916

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    CVE-2017-17916

    Published: 29 Dec 2017Last Modified: 9 Sept 2026

    Summary:

    Details: SQL injection vulnerability in the 'find_by' 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

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

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    v5.1.4
    v5.1.4.rc1
    v5.1.3.rc1
    v5.1.2.rc1
    v5.1.1
    v5.1.0
    v5.1.0.rc2
    v5.1.0.rc1
    v5.1.0.beta1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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