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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-2008-7309 json

Insoshi before 20080920 does not properly restrict the use of a hash to provide values for a model's attributes, which allows remote attack…

published 2012-04-04 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-7262

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 64%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Insoshi before 20080920 does not properly restrict the use of a hash to provide values for a model's attributes, which allows remote attackers to set the ForumPost user_id value via a modified URL, related to a "mass assignment" vulnerability.

Exploit prediction

1.05% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • railspikes.com http://railspikes.com/2008/9/22/is-your-rails-application-safe-from-mass-assignment referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • blog.mhartl.com http://blog.mhartl.com/2008/09/21/finding-and-fixing-mass-assignment-problems-in-rails-applications/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-255 Credentials Management Errors

References

Sources

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