ActiveRecord in Ruby on Rails allows database-query bypass (GHSA-pr3r-4wrp-r2pv)
Published: 2017-10-24T18:33:35Z
Aliases: CVE-2016-6317
Severity: HIGH · CWE: CWE-284
CWE-476

Active Record in Ruby on Rails 4.2.x before 4.2.7.1 does not properly consider differences in parameter handling between the Active Record component and the JSON implementation, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended database-query restrictions and perform NULL checks or trigger missing WHERE clauses via a crafted request, as demonstrated by certain "[nil]" values, a related issue to CVE-2012-2660, CVE-2012-2694, and CVE-2013-0155.

Affected packages:
package: ecosystem: RubyGems
name: activerecord
ranges: type: ECOSYSTEM
events: introduced: 4.2.0
fixed: 4.2.7.1
database_specific: last_known_affected_version_range: <= 4.2.7.0