CVE-2017-17920

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    CVE-2017-17920

    Published: 29 Dec 2017Last Modified: 14 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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

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

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    Availability
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