#VU116148 Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Ruby on Rails - CVE-2013-0277
Published: September 29, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU116148
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-0277
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Ruby on Rails
Ruby on Rails
Software vendor:
Rails
Rails
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
External links
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Jun/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00048.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52112
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1028109
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5784
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/2/11/SEC-ANN-Rails-3-2-12-3-1-11-and-2-3-17-have-been-released/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2620
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/11/6
- http://www.osvdb.org/90073
- https://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/302ec7ce90f13837?dmode=source&output=gplain
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-0277