CVE-2010-3933 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Ruby on Rails 2.3.9 and 3.0.0 does not properly handle nested attributes, which allows remote attackers to modify arbitrary records by changing the names of parameters for form inputs.

Published: 2010-10-27

Score: 6.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.9:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-0240	Ruby on Rails 2.3.9 and 3.0.0 does not properly handle nested attributes, which allows remote attackers to modify arbitrary records by changing the names of parameters for form inputs.
Github GHSA	GHSA-gjxw-5w2q-7grf	Rails activerecord gem has Improper Input Validation vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00712.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/41930
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024624
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2010/10/15/security-vulnerability-in-nested-attributes-code-in-ruby-on-rails-2-3-9-and-3-0-0
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2719

History

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Subscriptions

Rubyonrails Rails

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2010-10-27T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T20:42:14.245Z

Reserved: 2010-10-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-3933

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-10-28T00:00:05.673

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2010-3933

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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