Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting actionpack package, versions <2.3.15 >=3.2.0, <3.2.11 >=3.1.0, <3.1.10 >=3.0.0, <3.0.19


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Mature
    EPSS
    97.25% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RUBY-ACTIONPACK-20047
  • published 18 Oct 2016
  • disclosed 7 Jan 2013
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade actionpack to versions 3.2.11, 3.1.10, 3.0.19, 2.3.15 or higher.

Overview

actionpack is a web app builder and tester on Rails.

Affected versions of this Gem are vulnerable to Arbitrary Remote Code Execution. The issue is triggered when a type casting error occurs during the parsing of parameters. This may allow a remote attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
7.3 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    Low
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NVD

7.3 high