Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Ruby on Rails - CVE-2013-0277
Published: September 29, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU116148
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-0277
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
Ruby on Rails
How to mitigate CVE-2013-0277
Install updates from vendor's website.
Ruby on Rails - addressed in versions 2.3.17, 3.1.0
External References
- 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