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Ruby on Rails vulnerable to code injection

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Oct 24, 2017 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 3, 2025

Package

bundler rails (RubyGems)

Affected versions

>= 1.1.0, < 1.1.6

Patched versions

1.1.6

Description

Ruby on Rails before 1.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute Ruby code with "severe" or "serious" impact via a File Upload request with an HTTP header that modifies the LOAD_PATH variable, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-4112.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 14, 2006
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 24, 2017
Reviewed Jun 16, 2020
Last updated Apr 3, 2025

Severity

High

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(82nd percentile)

Weaknesses

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2006-4111

GHSA ID

GHSA-rvpq-5xqx-pfpp

Source code

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