CVE-2017-17917

Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2017-12-29 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-89

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in the 'where' method in Ruby on Rails 5.1.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the 'id' parameter. NOTE: The vendor disputes this issue because the documentation states that this method is not intended for use with untrusted input

Affected products

Ruby on Rails: through 5.1.4

References

https://kay-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/ruby-on-rails-arbitrary-sql-injection/
https://kay-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/ruby-on-rails-arbitrary-sql-injection/

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