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CVE-2016-0753

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-0753 describes a vulnerability in Active Model within Ruby on Rails versions 4.1.x, 4.2.x, and 5.x, allowing attackers to bypass validation by manipulating instance-level writers for class accessors. This medium-severity vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.3, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and no user interaction required, potentially leading to a loss of integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.1.0, < 4.1.14.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.2.0, < 4.2.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:5.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
22CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.16%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0716 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (32)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 EUSFixed in: rh-ror41-rubygem-activesupport-1:4.1.5-3.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 EUSFixed in: rh-ror41-rubygem-activemodel-0:4.1.5-2.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 EUSFixed in: rh-ror41-rubygem-activerecord-1:4.1.5-2.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: rh-ror41-rubygem-actionpack-1:4.1.5-3.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview-0:4.1.5-4.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: rh-ror41-rubygem-activemodel-0:4.1.5-2.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: rh-ror41-rubygem-activerecord-1:4.1.5-2.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: rh-ror41-rubygem-activesupport-1:4.1.5-3.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: rh-ror41-rubygem-actionpack-1:4.1.5-3.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview-0:4.1.5-4.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: rh-ror41-rubygem-activemodel-0:4.1.5-2.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: rh-ror41-rubygem-activerecord-1:4.1.5-2.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: rh-ror41-rubygem-activesupport-1:4.1.5-3.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUSFixed in: rh-ror41-rubygem-actionpack-1:4.1.5-3.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUSFixed in: rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview-0:4.1.5-4.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUSFixed in: rh-ror41-rubygem-activemodel-0:4.1.5-2.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUSFixed in: rh-ror41-rubygem-activerecord-1:4.1.5-2.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUSFixed in: rh-ror41-rubygem-activesupport-1:4.1.5-3.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-ror41-rubygem-actionpack-1:4.1.5-3.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview-0:4.1.5-4.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-ror41-rubygem-activemodel-0:4.1.5-2.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-ror41-rubygem-activerecord-1:4.1.5-2.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-ror41-rubygem-activesupport-1:4.1.5-3.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 EUSFixed in: rh-ror41-rubygem-actionpack-1:4.1.5-3.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 EUSFixed in: rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview-0:4.1.5-4.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 EUSFixed in: rh-ror41-rubygem-activemodel-0:4.1.5-2.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 EUSFixed in: rh-ror41-rubygem-activerecord-1:4.1.5-2.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 EUSFixed in: rh-ror41-rubygem-activesupport-1:4.1.5-3.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 EUSFixed in: rh-ror41-rubygem-actionpack-1:4.1.5-3.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 EUSFixed in: rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview-0:4.1.5-4.el7
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rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: activemodelFixed in: 4.2.5.1
rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: activemodelFixed in: 4.1.14.1

Vendor Advisories (2)

rubygemsGHSA-543v-gj2c-r3chmedium

activemodel contains Improper Input Validation

Oct 24, 2017
redhatCVE-2016-0753Moderate

rubygem-activerecord: possible input validation circumvention in Active Model

Jan 25, 2016

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178041.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178043.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178047.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178065.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178066.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00043.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-0296.html
Third Party Advisory
groups.google.com / forum/message/raw
Broken Link
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3464
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/14
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/82247
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1034816
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry