What is CVE-2020-7981?

CVE-2020-7981 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Rubygeocoder Geocoder, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-01-25.

How severe is CVE-2020-7981?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

SQL Injection in Rubygeocoder Geocoder

CVE-2020-7981

sql.rb in Geocoder before 1.6.1 allows Boolean-based SQL injection when within_bounding_box is used in conjunction with untrusted sw_lat, sw_lng, ne_lat, or ne_lng data.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2020-01-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (73.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 73.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Rubygeocoder Geocoder

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

github.com/alexreisner/geocoder/commit/dcdc3d8675411edce3965941a2ca7c441ca48613 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/alexreisner/geocoder/compare/v1.6.0...v1.6.1 (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-7981?: CVE-2020-7981 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Rubygeocoder Geocoder, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-01-25.
How severe is CVE-2020-7981?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.