CVE-2016-0753
Active Model in Ruby on Rails 4.1.x before 4.1.14.1, 4.2.x before 4.2.5.1, and 5.x before 5.0.0.beta1.1 supports the use of instance-level writers for class accessors, which allows remote attackers to
02 Description
Active Model in Ruby on Rails 4.1.x before 4.1.14.1, 4.2.x before 4.2.5.1, and 5.x before 5.0.0.beta1.1 supports the use of instance-level writers for class accessors, which allows remote attackers to
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 7.15% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-02-16 02:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 22:30Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-12-16
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 77f37c0110e9a2b07fd8a29d75e5c53cdea4efbf4e21124a75239b3f46ea49f4
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160125 [CVE-2016-0753] Possible Input Validation Circumvention in Active Modelhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/14
- groups.google.com[ruby-security-ann] 20160125 [CVE-2016-0753] Possible Input Validation Circumvention in Active Modelhttps://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/6jQVC1geukQ/3Iy0GU1ZEgAJ
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:0372http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00043.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-94e71ee673http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178043.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-73fe05d878http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178041.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-cc465a34dfhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178065.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1146http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html
- www.securitytracker.com1034816http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816
- www.debian.orgDSA-3464http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:0296http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0296.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-eb4d6e8aabhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178066.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-cb30088b06http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178047.html
- www.securityfocus.com82247http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82247
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- rails Fixed in 2:4.2.5.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- rails Fixed in 2:4.2.5.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- rails Fixed in 2:4.2.5.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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