CVE-2017-17917 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in the 'where' method in Ruby on Rails 5.1.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the 'id' parameter. NOTE: The vendor disputes this issue because the documentation states that this method is not intended for use with untrusted input

Published: 2017-12-29

Score: 8.1 High

EPSS: 1.3% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01309.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://kay-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/ruby-on-rails-arbitrary-sql-injection/

History

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 01:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.01873}`	epss `{'score': 0.01779}`

Subscriptions

Rubyonrails Rails

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-12-29T16:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T21:06:49.390Z

Reserved: 2017-12-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-17917

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T21:06:49.390Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-12-29T16:29:00.263

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-17917

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-89
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

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