Ruby on Rails vulnerabilitiesRanked by how likely they are to be used.

Product176 versions
The short answer

Ruby on Rails is made by Rubyonrails. We track 50 published vulnerabilities in it, across 176 versions. None of them is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. If you run Ruby on Rails, keep it on a version the vendor still supports.

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Known exploited

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None of Ruby on Rails's published vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. We keep watching that list.

Exploit likelihood

Which Ruby on Rails flaws are most likely to be used?

Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.

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  1. >99%

    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...

    CVSS7.5Published13 Jan 2013
  2. 96%

    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...

    CVSS7.5Published30 Jan 2013
  3. 81%

    Action Pack in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.2, 4.x before 4.1.14.2, and 4.2.x before 4.2.5.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Ruby code by leveraging an application's unrestricted use of the render method.

    CVSS7.3Published7 Apr 2016
  4. 21%

    actionpack/lib/action_view/lookup_context.rb in Action View in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.16 and 4.x before 4.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a header containing an...

    CVSS5.0Published7 Dec 2013
  5. 9.7%

    actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/mime_type.rb in Action Pack in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.1, 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.14.1, 4.2.x before 4.2.5.1, and 5.x before 5.0.0.beta1.1 does not properly restrict use of...

    CVSS7.5Published16 Feb 2016
  6. 8.2%

    Ruby on Rails 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 consider differences in parameter handling between the Active Record component and the JSON implementation, which...

    CVSS6.4Published13 Jan 2013
  7. 7.5%

    ActiveRecord in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.17 and 3.x before 3.1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via crafted serialized attributes that cause the +serialize+ helper to...

    CVSS10.0Published13 Feb 2013
  8. 6.2%

    actionpack/lib/action_view/template/text.rb in Action View in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.17 converts MIME type strings to symbols during use of the :text option to the render method, which allows remote attackers...

    CVSS5.0Published20 Feb 2014
  9. 4.9%

    The http_basic_authenticate_with method in actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/http_authentication.rb in the Basic Authentication implementation in Action Controller in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.1, 4.0.x and...

    CVSS3.7Published16 Feb 2016
  10. 4.6%

    actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/request.rb in Ruby on Rails before 3.0.13, 3.1.x before 3.1.5, and 3.2.x before 3.2.4 does not properly consider differences in parameter handling between the Active Record...

    CVSS6.4Published22 Jun 2012
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We track 50 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Ruby on Rails, across 176 versions.

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