CVE-2014-0080 describes a SQL injection vulnerability in Active Record within Ruby on Rails versions 4.0.x before 4.0.3 and 4.1.0.beta1, specifically when using PostgreSQL. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute "add data" SQL commands by manipulating array column operations with unhandled backslash characters. With a CVSS score of 6.8, it is considered a medium severity issue, requiring moderate attack complexity to achieve partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are public exploit codes like Metasploit or ExploitDB available, though it has received some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.0.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.0.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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