SQL injection in Ruby on Rails - CVE-2012-2695
Published: September 29, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU116153
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-2695
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.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to read, delete, modify data in database and gain complete control over the affected application.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-2695
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability..
Sources
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00002.html
- 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/aee3413fb038bf56?dmode=source&output=gplain