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CVE-2012-6497 (GCVE-0-2012-6497)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-01-04 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 21:28

Summary

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.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2266 records in the last 180 days details

References

4 references

URL	Tags
http://blog.phusion.nl/2013/01/03/rails-sql-injec…	x_refsource_MISC
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/03/12	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://phenoelit.org/blog/archives/2012/12/21/let…	x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57084	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Date Public

2012-12-21 00:00

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FKIE_CVE-2012-6497

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2013-01-04 04:46 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:48

Severity

Summary

References

URL	Tags
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cve@mitre.org	http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/03/12	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://phenoelit.org/blog/archives/2012/12/21/let_me_github_that_for_you/index.html	Broken Link, Exploit
cve@mitre.org	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57084	Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://phenoelit.org/blog/archives/2012/12/21/let_me_github_that_for_you/index.html	Broken Link, Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57084	Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	rubyonrails	rails	*

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GHSA-RX7J-MW4C-76G9

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 00:54 – Updated: 2023-01-26 23:55

Summary

Authlogic Information Exposure vulnerability

Details

The Authlogic gem for Ruby on Rails prior to version 3.3.0 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.

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    "nvd_published_at": "2013-01-04T04:46:00Z",
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GSD-2012-6497

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2012-12-21 00:00

Details

Ruby on Rails contains a flaw in the Authlogic gem. The issue is triggered when the program makes an unsafe method call for find_by_id. With a specially crafted parameter in an environment that knows the secret_token value in secret_token.rb, a remote attacker to more easily conduct SQL injection attacks.

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CVE-2012-6497

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