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CVE-2012-6497

N/A

Published: January 4, 2013 at 02:00 AM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:48 PM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorRails

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 3%

Description

The Authlogic gem for Ruby on Rails, when used with certain versions before 3.2.10, makes potentially unsafe find_by_id method calls, which might allow remote attackers to conduct CVE-2012-6496 SQL injection attacks via a crafted parameter in environments that have a known secret_token value, as demonstrated by a value contained in secret_token.rb in an open-source product.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Rails · Rubyonrails

95%

v < 3.2.10

Affected range stops below 3.2.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (4)

x_refsource_MISCExploit

Source: [email protected]

http://blog.phusion.nl/2013/01/03/rails-sql-injection-vulnerability-hold-your-horses-here-are-the-facts/

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/03/12

x_refsource_MISCBroken LinkExploit

Source: [email protected]

http://phenoelit.org/blog/archives/2012/12/21/let_me_github_that_for_you/index.html

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57084

CVSS

5MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: NONE
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-89

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