CVE-2010-3933

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Published Oct 27, 2010 CVSS 2.0 · 6.4 Medium EPSS 2.2% KEV · Not listed

Description

Ruby on Rails 2.3.9 and 3.0.0 does not properly handle nested attributes, which allows remote attackers to modify arbitrary records by changing the names of parameters for form inputs.

Affected Products

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.9:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.0:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-0240	Ruby on Rails 2.3.9 and 3.0.0 does not properly handle nested attributes, which allows remote attackers to modify arbitrary records by changing the names of parameters for form inputs.
Github GHSA	GHSA-gjxw-5w2q-7grf	Rails activerecord gem has Improper Input Validation vulnerability

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.2% (2.207% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/41930
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024624
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2010/10/15/security-vulnerability-in-nested-attributes-code-in-ruby-on-rails-2-3-9-and-3-0-0
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2719

History

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Subscriptions

Rubyonrails Rails

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 8:42 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Oct 27, 2010, 10:00 PM
Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 8:42 PM
Reserved: Oct 12, 2010, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 11:23 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Oct 28, 2010, 12:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 11:23 PM

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