Remote Code Execution (RCE) Affecting rails package, versions >=1.1.0, <1.1.6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    2.71% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RUBY-RAILS-455850
  • published 31 Jul 2019
  • disclosed 14 Aug 2006
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade rails to version 1.1.6 or higher.

Overview

rails is an opensource MVC web framework.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE). It allows remote attackers to execute Ruby code via a File Upload request with an HTTP header that modifies the LOAD_PATH variable.

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