CVE-2013-0269

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 5
Modified
Published: 13 Feb 2013, 01:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 14:18

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
33/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
17.32% MEDIUM
17% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

13 Feb 2013, 01:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 14:18
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The JSON gem before 1.5.5, 1.6.x before 1.6.8, and 1.7.x before 1.7.7 for Ruby allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) or bypass the mass assignment protection mechanism via a crafted JSON document that triggers the creation of arbitrary Ruby symbols or certain internal objects, as demonstrated by conducting a SQL injection attack against Ruby on Rails, aka "Unsafe Object Creation Vulnerability."

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 17.32%• Percentile: 95%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-20•Improper Input Validation

    The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

Affected Systems

  • rubygems•json_gem

    1.5.0 | 1.5.1 | 1.5.2 | 1.5.3 | 1.5.4 | 1.6.0 | 1.6.1 | 1.6.2 | 1.6.3 | 1.6.4 | 1.6.5 | 1.6.6 | 1.6.7 | 1.7.0 | 1.7.1 | 1.7.2 | 1.7.3 | 1.7.4 | 1.7.5 | 1.7.6

References (23)