CVE-2013-0333

high
Published 2013-01-28 · Modified 2024-11-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
8.5

Description

lib/active_support/json/backends/yaml.rb in Ruby on Rails 2.3.x before 2.3.16 and 3.0.x before 3.0.20 does not properly convert JSON data to YAML data for processing by a YAML parser, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, conduct SQL injection attacks, or bypass authentication via crafted data that triggers unsafe decoding, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-0156.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
55%
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-2013-0333

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/52179af76915e518?dmode=source&output=gplain

Exploits

Exploit-DB

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed2.3.14.1
debian debianbullseyefixed2.3.14.1
debian debianforkyfixed2.3.14.1
debian debiansidfixed2.3.14.1
debian debiantrixiefixed2.3.14.1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
ruby RubyGemsactivesupport<~> 2.3.16~> 2.3.16
ruby RubyGemsactivesupport>=2.3.2,<2.3.162.3.16
ruby RubyGemsactivesupport>=3.0.0,<3.0.203.0.20

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
rubyonrailsrails2.3.0
rubyonrailsrails2.3.1
rubyonrailsrails2.3.2
rubyonrailsrails2.3.3
rubyonrailsrails2.3.4
rubyonrailsrails2.3.9
rubyonrailsrails2.3.10
rubyonrailsrails2.3.11
rubyonrailsrails2.3.12
rubyonrailsrails2.3.13
rubyonrailsrails2.3.14
rubyonrailsrails2.3.15
rubyonrailsrails3.0.0
rubyonrailsrails3.0.1
rubyonrailsrails3.0.2
rubyonrailsrails3.0.3
rubyonrailsrails3.0.4
rubyonrailsrails3.0.5
rubyonrailsrails3.0.6
rubyonrailsrails3.0.7
rubyonrailsrails3.0.8
rubyonrailsrails3.0.9
rubyonrailsrails3.0.10
rubyonrailsrails3.0.11
rubyonrailsrails3.0.12
rubyonrailsrails3.0.13
rubyonrailsrails3.0.14
rubyonrailsrails3.0.16
rubyonrailsrails3.0.17
rubyonrailsrails3.0.18
rubyonrailsrails3.0.19
rubyonrailsruby_on_rails3.0.4

References

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