TI-2017-13147 Aliases CVE-2017-17919 GHSA-rjh4-8mqr-rvr8

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

MEDIUM 40CWE-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 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-89.

Summary

SQL injection vulnerability in the 'order' method in Ruby on Rails 5.1.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the 'id desc' 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

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.01513 74th 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

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

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:ruby_on_rails::::::::	up to 5.1.4	Vulnerable	Rails

cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_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-2017-17919
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rjh4-8mqr-rvr8

References

Exploit 1

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

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
TI-2013-00263 lib/active_support/json/backends/yaml.rb in Ruby on Rails 2.3.x before 2.3.16 and 3.0.x… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2016-01923 Action Pack in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.2, 4.x before 4.1.14.2, and 4.2.x before… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.3
TI-2013-00211 ActiveRecord in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.17 and 3.x before 3.1.0 allows remote attackers… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
TI-2009-02310 The example code for the digest authentication functionality (http_authentication.rb) in… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2016-00671 actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/mime_type.rb in Action Pack in Ruby on Rails before… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5

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Sources

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