SQL injection in Ruby on Rails - CVE-2023-22794

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SQL injection in Ruby on Rails - CVE-2023-22794

Published: January 18, 2023 / Updated: January 18, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU71304
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-2023-22794
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 in the ActiveRecord comments. 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

Ruby on Rails
openEuler
Fedora
rubygem-activerecord
rubygem-activerecord-doc
rubygem-actioncable-7.0.4.2-1.fc38 rubygem-actionmailbox-7.0.4.2-1.fc38 rubygem-actionmailer-7.0.4.2-1.fc38 rubygem-actionpack-7.0.4.2-1.fc38 rubygem-actiontext-7.0.4.2-1.fc38 rubygem-actionview-7.0.4.2-1.fc38 rubygem-activejob-7.0.4.2-1.fc38 rubygem-acti
Red Hat Satellite

How to mitigate CVE-2023-22794

Install updates from vendor's website.

Ruby on Rails - addressed in versions 6.0.6.1, 6.1.7.1, 7.0.4.1
rubygem-activerecord - update to 6.1.4.1-2
rubygem-activerecord-doc - update to 6.1.4.1-2
Red Hat Satellite - update to 6.14
rubygem-actioncable-7.0.4.2-1.fc38 rubygem-actionmailbox-7.0.4.2-1.fc38 rubygem-actionmailer-7.0.4.2-1.fc38 rubygem-actionpack-7.0.4.2-1.fc38 rubygem-actiontext-7.0.4.2-1.fc38 rubygem-actionview-7.0.4.2-1.fc38 rubygem-activejob-7.0.4.2-1.fc38 rubygem-acti - update to 7.0.4.2-1.fc38

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