VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2013-1854

CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability3.50%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2013-03-19
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Description

The Active Record component in Ruby on Rails 2.3.x before 2.3.18, 3.1.x before 3.1.12, and 3.2.x before 3.2.13 processes certain queries by converting hash keys to symbols, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted input to a where method.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references