CVE-2016-2098

Public Exploit

Description

Action Pack in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.2, 4.x before 4.1.14.2, and 4.2.x before 4.2.5.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Ruby code by leveraging an application's unrestricted use of the render method.

Category

7.3
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 86.07% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory rubyonrails.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00086.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00006.html vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3509 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83725 vdb entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035122 vdb entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40086/ exploit
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00083.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00057.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00080.html vendor advisory
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/ly-IH-fxr_Q/WLoOhcMZIAAJ mailing list
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2016/2/29/Rails-4-2-5-2-4-1-14-2-3-2-22-2-have-been-released/ patch vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-2098?
CVE-2016-2098 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-2098?
To fix CVE-2016-2098, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-2098 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2016-2098 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~86% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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