SQL injection - CVE-2012-6496

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SQL injection - CVE-2012-6496

Published: January 4, 2013 / Updated: August 3, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU33110
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-6496
CWE-ID: CWE-89
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries in database.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. 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.


Affected software

Gentoo Linux
ruby-activesupport (Alpine package)
ruby-activerecord (Alpine package)

How to mitigate CVE-2012-6496

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

ruby-activesupport (Alpine package) - update to 2.3.15-r0
ruby-activerecord (Alpine package) - update to 2.3.15-r0

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