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CVE-2017-17916
HIGH · CVSS 8.1
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-12-29T16:29:00.217 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:11:53.447

Summary

SQL injection vulnerability in the 'find_by' method in Ruby on Rails 5.1.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the 'name' parameter. NOTE: The vendor disputes this issue because the documentation states that this method is not intended for use with untrusted input

Affected products

rubyonrails — rails

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References

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