Improper input validation in Rubyonrails Rails
CVE-2013-1856
The ActiveSupport::XmlMini_JDOM backend in lib/active_support/xml_mini/jdom.rb in the Active Support component in Ruby on Rails 3.0.x and 3.1.x before 3.1.12 and 3.2.x before 3.2.13, when JRuby is used, does not properly restrict the capabilities of the XML parser, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via vectors involving (1) an external DTD or (2) an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference.
Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.021 (80.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 80.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.021 · newest: 0.021 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Rubyonrails Rails — versions 3.1.0, 3.1.1, 3.1.2
- Rubyonrails Ruby On Rails — versions 3.1.11
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00006.html (vendor-advisory)
- support.apple.com/kb/HT5784
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Jun/msg00000.html (vendor-advisory)
- groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/6c2482d4ed1545e6 (mailing-list)
- weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/3/18/SEC-ANN-Rails-3-2-13-3-1-12-and-2-3-18-have-be…