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medium 5.0

CVE-2013-1854 json

Active Record Improper Input Validation

published 13y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-3crr-9vmg-864v , EUVD-2017-0155

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.5%
EPSS 3.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • rubygems activerecord 2.3.18, 3.1.12, 3.2.13
  • rails Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.3.14.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1854

  • ruby193-rubygem-activerecord openshift 1 1:3.2.8-6.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2013:0699

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2013-1854 updated cvss 4.3

rubygem-activerecord: attribute_dos Symbol DoS vulnerability

  • Red Hat Satellite 6 ruby193-rubygem-activerecord
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager rubygem-activerecord
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise Infrastructure ruby193-rubygem-activerecord 3.2.8-6.el6 Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise Node ruby193-rubygem-activerecord 3.2.8-6.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0699
  • Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager for RHEL 6 Server katello 1.4.3.28-1.el6sam_splice, ruby193-rubygem-i18n 0.6.9-1.el6sam, ruby193-rubygem-mail 2.5.4-1.el6sam, ruby193-rubygem-rack 1.4.5-3.el6sam, ruby193-rubygem-rails 3.2.17-1.el6sam, katello-common 1.4.3.28-1.el6sam_splice, +11 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1863
  • Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 1 rubygem-activerecord
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

3.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
rubygems activerecord
>=2.3.0, <2.3.18
>=3.1.0, <3.1.12
>=3.2.0, <3.2.13
2.3.18
3.1.12
3.2.13

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
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