7.5

CVE-2012-6496: rubyonrails rails SQL Injection

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2012-6496DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6496GHSA-gh2w-j7cx-2664
Published 04-01-2013Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-6496 is a high (CVSS 7.5) SQL Injection vulnerability in rubyonrails rails. EPSS estimates a 4.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
41/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.58%
0%100%
Low · +0.12 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2
DSA-2597-1RHSA-2013:0220

Timeline

  1. 04-01-2013
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in the Active Record component in Ruby on Rails before 3.0.18, 3.1.x before 3.1.9, and 3.2.x before 3.2.10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via a crafted request that leverages incorrect behavior of dynamic finders in applications that can use unexpected data types in certain find_by_ method calls.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

4.58%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

92%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.12 pp

From 4.46% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
4.58%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugzilla.redhat.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Rubyonrails2 products
  • rails3.1.0 | 3.1.0:beta1 | 3.1.0:rc1 | 3.1.0:rc2 | 3.1.0:rc3 | 3.1.0:rc4 | 3.1.0:rc5 | 3.1.0:rc6 | 3.1.0:rc7 | 3.1.0:rc8 | 3.1.1 | 3.1.1:rc1 | 3.1.1:rc2 | 3.1.1:rc3 | 3.1.2 | 3.1.2:rc1 | 3.1.2:rc2 | 3.1.3 | 3.1.4 | 3.1.4:rc1 | 3.1.5 | 3.1.5:rc1 | 3.1.6 | 3.1.7 | 3.1.8 | 3.0.0 | 3.0.0:beta | 3.0.0:beta2 | 3.0.0:beta3 | 3.0.0:beta4 | 3.0.0:rc | 3.0.0:rc2 | 3.0.1 | 3.0.1:pre | 3.0.2 | 3.0.2:pre | 3.0.3 | 3.0.4:rc1 | 3.0.5 | 3.0.5:rc1 | 3.0.6 | 3.0.6:rc1 | 3.0.6:rc2 | 3.0.7 | 3.0.7:rc1 | 3.0.7:rc2 | 3.0.8 | 3.0.8:rc1 | 3.0.8:rc2 | 3.0.8:rc3 | 3.0.8:rc4 | 3.0.9 | 3.0.9:rc1 | 3.0.9:rc2 | 3.0.9:rc3 | 3.0.9:rc4 | 3.0.9:rc5 | 3.0.10 | 3.0.10:rc1 | 3.0.11 | 3.0.12 | 3.0.12:rc1 | 3.0.13 | 3.0.13:rc1 | 3.0.14 | 3.0.16 | 3.2.0 | 3.2.0:rc1 | 3.2.0:rc2 | 3.2.1 | 3.2.2 | 3.2.2:rc1 | 3.2.3 | 3.2.3:rc1 | 3.2.3:rc2 | 3.2.4 | 3.2.4:rc1 | 3.2.5 | 3.2.6 | 3.2.7 | 3.2.8 | 3.2.9
  • ruby_on_rails≤ 3.0.17 | 3.0.4
Debian1 product
  • rails< 2.3.14.1
RubyGems1 product
  • activerecord≥ 3.0.0.beta, < 3.0.18 | ≥ 3.1.0, < 3.1.9 | ≥ 3.2.0, < 3.2.10 | < 2.3.15
Ubuntu1 product
  • ruby-activerecord-3.2< 3.2.16-1

4 vendors · 5 products

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