#VU33125 SQL injection - CVE-2011-2930

Vulnerability identifier: #VU33125

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2011-2930

CWE-ID: CWE-89

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries in database.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to the affected application and execute arbitrary SQL commands within the application database.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to read, delete, modify data in database and gain complete control over the affected application.

Mitigation
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

External links
https://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/b1a85d36b0f9dd30?dmode=source&output=gplain
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065212.html
https://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2011/8/16/ann-rails-3-1-0-rc6
https://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2301
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/17/1
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/19/11
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/20/1
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/13
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/14
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/5
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=731438
https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/8a39f411dc3c806422785b1f4d5c7c9d58e4bf85

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.