spree_auth_devise allows remote authenticated users to assign themselves arbitrary roles

published 2013-03-08 13y ago modified 2026-06-16 4mo ago also GHSA-jp57-9j37-5476 , EUVD-2022-4406

cvss: 4.0; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.3%; EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 69%
public exploits: 0; none known

app/models/spree/user.rb in spree_auth_devise in Spree 1.1.x before 1.1.6, 1.2.x, and 1.3.x does not perform mass assignment safely when updating a user, which allows remote authenticated users to assign arbitrary roles to themselves.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 2

rubygems spree_auth_devise 3.0.5

github.com/spree/spree_auth_devise@038d747 commit
github.com/spree/spree_auth_devise@fda3ab9 commit

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Exploit prediction

1.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	4.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
rubygems	spree_auth_devise	>=1.0.0, <3.0.5	3.0.5

Classification

Weakness

CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2013-2506
GitHub Advisory GHSA-jp57-9j37-5476
NVD CVE-2013-2506

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