CVE-2013-3221
EPSS 0.48%Active Record component in Ruby on Rails has a data-type injection vulnerability
Published: 5/14/2022Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
The Active Record component in Ruby on Rails 2.3.x, 3.0.x, 3.1.x, and 3.2.x does not ensure that the declared data type of a database column is used during comparisons of input values to stored values in that column, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct data-type injection attacks against Ruby on Rails applications via a crafted value, as demonstrated by unintended interaction between the "typed XML" feature and a MySQL database.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/railsfrom 0, < 2.3.14.1
- RubyGems/activerecordfrom 0, < 4.2.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
References (9)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-3221
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-3221
- PATCHhttps://github.com/rails/rails
- WEBhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/06/7
- WEBhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/24/7
- WEBhttp://pl.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/17yajp/mysql_madness_and_rails
- WEBhttps://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/activerecord/CVE-2013-3221.yml
- WEBhttps://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/1f3bc0b88a60c1ce?dmode=source&output=gplain
- WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20130825191249/http://www.phenoelit.org/blog/archives/2013/02/index.html