CVE-2010-3933

medium
Published 2017-10-24 · Modified 2024-12-07
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.4
VIR risk
6.4

Description

Ruby on Rails 2.3.9 and 3.0.0 does not properly handle nested attributes, which allows remote attackers to modify arbitrary records by changing the names of parameters for form inputs.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-3933

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2719

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2010/10/15/security-vulnerability-in-nested-attributes-code-in-ruby-on-rails-2-3-9-and-3-0-0

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://secunia.com/advisories/41930

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed0
debian debianbullseyefixed0
debian debianforkyfixed0
debian debiansidfixed0
debian debiantrixiefixed0

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
ruby RubyGemsactiverecord!< 2.3.9||<~> 2.3.9~> 2.3.9
ruby RubyGemsactiverecord>=2.3.9,<2.3.102.3.10
ruby RubyGemsactiverecord>=3.0.0,<3.0.13.0.1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
rubyonrailsrails2.3.9
rubyonrailsrails3.0.0

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.