CVE-2016-6317: rubyonrails rails Improper Access Control

Modified

AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2016-6317GHSA-pr3r-4wrp-r2pv

Published 07-09-2016Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-6317 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Improper Access Control vulnerability in rubyonrails rails. EPSS estimates a 3.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority

Prioritisesevere

Severe, CVSS 7.5 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 4% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?

CVSS score

7.5/10

010

High · v3.0 (NVD)

EPSS score

3.90%

0%100%

Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days

KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.

RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.

Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 1

RHSA-2016:1855 SUSE-SU-2017:2716-1

Timeline

07-09-2016
PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
06-08-2024
Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Action Record in Ruby on Rails 4.2.x before 4.2.7.1 does not properly consider differences in parameter handling between the Active Record component and the JSON implementation, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended database-query restrictions and perform NULL checks or trigger missing WHERE clauses via a crafted request, as demonstrated by certain "[nil]" values, a related issue to CVE-2012-2660, CVE-2012-2694, and CVE-2013-0155.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

v3.07.5v2.05.0

EPSS trend

Probability

3.90%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

90%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 3.90% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Debian1 product

rails< 2:4.2.7.1-1

RubyGems1 product

activerecord≥ 4.2.0, < 4.2.7.1

Rubyonrails1 product

railsEOL4.2.0 | 4.2.0:beta1 | 4.2.0:beta2 | 4.2.0:beta3 | 4.2.0:beta4 | 4.2.0:rc1 | 4.2.0:rc2 | 4.2.0:rc3 | 4.2.1 | 4.2.1:rc1 | 4.2.1:rc2 | 4.2.1:rc3 | 4.2.1:rc4 | 4.2.2 | 4.2.3 | 4.2.3:rc1 | 4.2.4 | 4.2.4:rc1 | 4.2.5 | 4.2.5:rc1 | 4.2.5:rc2 | 4.2.5.1 | 4.2.5.2 | 4.2.6 | 4.2.6:rc1 | 4.2.7 | 4.2.7:rc1

3 vendors · 3 products