CVE-2013-0333 is a critical vulnerability affecting Ruby on Rails versions 2.3.x before 2.3.16 and 3.0.x before 3.0.20. It stems from improper conversion of JSON to YAML data, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, perform SQL injection, or bypass authentication through crafted input. With a CVSS score of 7.5 and an EPSS score indicating high exploitability, this vulnerability presents a significant risk. Exploit modules are publicly available in Metasploit, and it has garnered community discussion and media coverage, though it is not currently listed on the KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.3.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.