CVE-2013-3221

medium
Published 2013-04-21 · Modified 2026-02-03
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.4
VIR risk
6.4

Description

The Active Record component in Ruby on Rails 2.3.x, 3.0.x, 3.1.x, and 3.2.x does not ensure that the declared data type of a database column is used during comparisons of input values to stored values in that column, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct data-type injection attacks against Ruby on Rails applications via a crafted value, as demonstrated by unintended interaction between the "typed XML" feature and a MySQL database.

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-2013-3221

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 RubyGemsactiverecord<>= 4.2.0>= 4.2.0
ruby RubyGemsactiverecord<4.2.04.2.0

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
rubyonrailsrails2.3.16
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
rubyonrailsrails3.0.20
rubyonrailsruby_on_rails3.0.4
rubyonrailsrails3.1.0
rubyonrailsrails3.1.1
rubyonrailsrails3.1.2
rubyonrailsrails3.1.3
rubyonrailsrails3.1.4
rubyonrailsrails3.1.5
rubyonrailsrails3.1.6
rubyonrailsrails3.1.7
rubyonrailsrails3.1.8
rubyonrailsrails3.1.9
rubyonrailsrails3.1.10
rubyonrailsrails3.2.0
rubyonrailsrails3.2.1
rubyonrailsrails3.2.2
rubyonrailsrails3.2.3
rubyonrailsrails3.2.4
rubyonrailsrails3.2.5
rubyonrailsrails3.2.6
rubyonrailsrails3.2.7
rubyonrailsrails3.2.8
rubyonrailsrails3.2.9
rubyonrailsrails3.2.10
rubyonrailsrails3.2.11

References

CWEs

CWE-20

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