activemodel contains Improper Input Validation (GHSA-543v-gj2c-r3ch)
Published: 2017-10-24T18:33:35Z
Aliases: CVE-2016-0753
Severity: MODERATE · CWE: CWE-20

Active Model in Ruby on Rails 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 supports the use of instance-level writers for class accessors, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended validation steps via crafted parameters.

Affected packages:
package: ecosystem: RubyGems
name: activemodel
ranges: type: ECOSYSTEM
events: introduced: 4.1.0
fixed: 4.1.14.1
database_specific: last_known_affected_version_range: <= 4.1.14.0
package: ecosystem: RubyGems
name: activemodel
ranges: type: ECOSYSTEM
events: introduced: 4.2.0
fixed: 4.2.5.1
database_specific: last_known_affected_version_range: <= 4.2.5.0