CVE-2012-6497
Authlogic Information Exposure vulnerability
EPSS 0.40%
Description
The Authlogic gem for Ruby on Rails, when used with certain versions before 3.2.10, makes potentially unsafe find_by_id method calls, which might allow remote attackers to conduct CVE-2012-6496 SQL injection attacks via a crafted parameter in environments that have a known secret_token value, as demonstrated by a value contained in secret_token.rb in an open-source product.
How to fix CVE-2012-6497
To remediate CVE-2012-6497, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/rails—upgrade to 2.3.14.1 or later
- —upgrade to 3.3.0 or later
Is CVE-2012-6497 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2.3.14.1
- from 0, < 3.3.0