CVE-2013-0156
HIGH 7.5EPSS 99.4%
active_support/core_ext/hash/conversions.rb in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.15, 3.0.x before 3.0.19, 3.1.x before 3.1.10, and 3.2.x before 3.2.11 does not properly restrict casts of string values, which allows remote attackers to conduct object-injection attacks and execute arbitrary code, or cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) involving nested XML entity references, by leveraging Action Pack support for (1) YAML type conversion or (2) Symbol type conversion.
- CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - EPSS
- 99.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 100th percentile
- Published
- 2013-01-13
- Updated
- 2024-08-06
Proof-of-concept exploits (4)
- R3dKn33-zz/CVE-2013-01560★ · 2019-05-27
- bsodmike/rails-exploit-cve-2013-01565★ · 2013-01-13
- heroku/heroku-CVE-2013-01561★ · 2026-06-03
- oxben10/CVE-2013-01560★ · 2024-11-13
Metasploit modules (3)
- rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/rails_secret_deserial…
- rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/rails_xml_yaml_code_e…
- rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/rails_xml_yaml_sca…
ExploitDB entries (2)
Security advisories
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/1/28/Rails-3-0-20-and-2-3-16-have-been-released
- http://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-13-036-01A
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Mar/msg00002.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0153.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0154.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0155.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2604
- http://www.fujitsu.com/global/support/software/security/products-f/sw-sv-rcve-ror201301e…
- http://www.insinuator.net/2013/01/rails-yaml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/380039
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/628463
- https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2013/01/09/serialization-mischief-…
- https://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/c1432d0f8c70e89d?dmode=source&ou…
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-0156
- advisories/GHSA-jmgw-6vjg-jjwg