TI-2017-13145 Aliases CVE-2017-17916 GHSA-c2xw-j3rw-89x2

SQL injection vulnerability in the 'find_by' method in Ruby on Rails 5.1.4 and earlier…

LOW 38CWE-89Published 2017-12-29 · Updated 2024-08-05

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: High
Impact type: SQL injection
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-89.

Summary

SQL injection vulnerability in the 'find_by' method in Ruby on Rails 5.1.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the 'name' parameter. NOTE: The vendor disputes this issue because the documentation states that this method is not intended for use with untrusted input

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01539 75th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails::::::::	up to 5.1.4	Vulnerable	Rails

cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 5.1.4 Vulnerable ·Rails

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-17916
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c2xw-j3rw-89x2

References

Exploit 1

https://kay-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/ruby-on-rails-arbitrary-sql-injection/

TI-2014-00124 Directory traversal vulnerability in actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/base.rb in the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2019-03828 Path traversal in Rails https://github.com/rails/rails KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2016-00672 Directory traversal vulnerability in Action View in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.1, 4.0.x… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2019-03830 Command injection in Rails https://github.com/rails/rails CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2020-06581 Code injection in https://github.com/rails/rails CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2013-00091 active_support/core_ext/hash/conversions.rb in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.15, 3.0.x before… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5

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Sources

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