CVE-2015-7577
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.043 · 91 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
activerecord/lib/active_record/nested_attributes.rb in Active Record in Ruby on Rails 3.1.x and 3.2.x before 3.2.22.1, 4.0.x and 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 does not properly implement a certain destroy option, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended change restrictions by leveraging use of the nested attributes feature.
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affected products (57)
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advisories (2)
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- WID-SEC-W-2025-1085Ruby on Rails: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2016-01-25csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Ruby on Rails ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsfunktionen zu umgehen, um Dateien zu manipulieren oder um einen Denial of Service Zustand herbeizuführen.
- GHSA-xrr6-3pc4-m447Active Record Improper Access Control2017-10-24ghsa · osvUS
`activerecord/lib/active_record/nested_attributes.rb` in Active Record in Ruby on Rails 3.1.x and 3.2.x before 3.2.22.1, 4.0.x and 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 does not properly implement a certain destroy option, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended change restrictions by leveraging use of the nested attributes feature.
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references (34)
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- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178041.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178065.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00034.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00043.htmlcnnvd
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0296.htmlcnnvd
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2016/1/25/Rails-5-0-0-beta1-1-4-2-5-1-4-1-14-1-3-2-22-1-and-rails-html-sanitizer-1-0-3-have-been-released/Patchcnnvd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464cnnvd
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