SQL injection vulnerability in the 'where' method in Ruby on Rails 5.1.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL comma…

published 2017-12-29 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-9060

cvss: 8.1; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.3%; EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits: 0; none known

SQL injection vulnerability in the 'where' method in Ruby on Rails 5.1.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the 'id' parameter. NOTE: The vendor disputes this issue because the documentation states that this method is not intended for use with untrusted input

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-06-26)

Exploit prediction

2.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

kay-malwarebenchmark.github.io https://kay-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/ruby-on-rails-arbitrary-sql-injection/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	8.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.8	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command

Technology feeds

Ruby on Rails rss critical rss

References

kay-malwarebenchmark.github.io /blog/ruby-on-rails-arbitrary-sql-injection/
exploit, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-17917
NVD CVE-2017-17917

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Summary