Vulnerability Report

CVE-2013-0269

Title: Rubygems Json Gem Injection (SQLi/OSi)

SQLi

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2013-0269

CWE Category CWE-20
Published Date Feb 13, 2013
Modified Date Apr 29, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 7.5 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
17.32%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2013-0269: The JSON gem before 1.5.5, 1.6.x before 1.6.8, and 1.7.x before 1.7.7 for Ruby allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) or bypass the mass assignment protection mechanism via a crafted JSON document that triggers the creation of arbitrary Ruby symbols or certain internal objects, as demonstrated by conducting a SQL injection attack against Ruby on Rails, aka "Unsafe Object Creation Vulnerability."

Impacted Vendors

R
rubygems 1

Reference Links

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00006.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00001.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00015.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00034.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0686.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0701.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1028.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1147.html http://secunia.com/advisories/52075 http://secunia.com/advisories/52774 http://secunia.com/advisories/52902 http://spreecommerce.com/blog/multiple-security-vulnerabilities-fixed http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/2/11/SEC-ANN-Rails-3-2-12-3-1-11-and-2-3-17-have-been-released/ http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/11/7 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/11/8 http://www.osvdb.org/90074 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57899 http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2013&m=slackware-security.426862 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1733-1 http://www.zweitag.de/en/blog/ruby-on-rails-vulnerable-to-mass-assignment-and-sql-injection https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82010 https://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/d8e0db6e08c81428?dmode=source&output=gplain https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-0269 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00006.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00001.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00015.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00034.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0686.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0701.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1028.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1147.html http://secunia.com/advisories/52075 http://secunia.com/advisories/52774 http://secunia.com/advisories/52902 http://spreecommerce.com/blog/multiple-security-vulnerabilities-fixed http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/2/11/SEC-ANN-Rails-3-2-12-3-1-11-and-2-3-17-have-been-released/ http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/11/7 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/11/8 http://www.osvdb.org/90074 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57899 http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2013&m=slackware-security.426862 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1733-1 http://www.zweitag.de/en/blog/ruby-on-rails-vulnerable-to-mass-assignment-and-sql-injection https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82010 https://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/d8e0db6e08c81428?dmode=source&output=gplain https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-0269
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2013-0269 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

GitHub https://github.com/heroku/heroku-CVE-2013-0269
View Code
MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.