CVE-2013-0276

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-02-13 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

ActiveRecord in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.17, 3.1.x before 3.1.11, and 3.2.x before 3.2.12 allows remote attackers to bypass the attr_protected protection mechanism and modify protected model attributes via a crafted request.

Affected products

Ruby on Rails: 3.2.0, 3.2.0-rc1, 3.2.0-rc2, 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.2-rc1 (+52)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Jun/msg00000.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00048.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0686.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/52112
http://secunia.com/advisories/52774
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/2013/02/11/5
http://www.osvdb.org/90072
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57896
https://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/bb44b98a73ef1a06?dmode=source&output=gplain

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