CVE-2013-0269

The JSON gem before 1.5.5, 1.6.x before 1.6.8, and 1.7.x before 1.7.7 for Ruby allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) or bypass the mass assignment protection mechanism via a crafted JSON document that triggers the creation of arbitrary Ruby symbols or certain internal objects, as demonstrated by conducting a SQL injection attack against Ruby on Rails, aka "Unsafe Object Creation Vulnerability."

CVSS v2.0

7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

13.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 96th percentile

Published

2013-02-13

Updated

2024-08-06

Proof-of-concept exploits (2)

• danring/heroku-CVE-2013-02690★ · 2013-02-11
• heroku/heroku-CVE-2013-02692★ · 2026-06-03

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2013-0156
• CVE-2013-0333
• CVE-2013-0268
• CVE-2013-0281
• CVE-2013-0249
• CVE-2013-0286