SQL injection in Ruby on Rails - CVE-2012-2661
Published: September 29, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU116152
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-2661
CWE-ID: CWE-89
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Rails
Affected software:
Ruby on Rails
Ruby on Rails
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries in database.
The vulnerability exists due to Active Record component in Ruby on Rails does not properly implement the passing of request data to a where method in an ActiveRecord class. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to the affected application and execute arbitrary SQL commands within the application database to read data.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-2661
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability..
Sources
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00014.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00016.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00046.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0154.html
- https://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/fc2da6c627fc92df?dmode=source&output=gplain