CVE-2013-0269
The JSON gem before 1.5.5, 1.6.x before 1.6.8, and 1.7.x before 1.7.7 for Ruby allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) or bypass the mass assignment protection mechanism via a crafted JSON document that triggers the…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.9%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The JSON gem before 1.5.5, 1.6.x before 1.6.8, and 1.7.x before 1.7.7 for Ruby allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) or bypass the mass assignment protection mechanism via a crafted JSON document that triggers the creation of arbitrary Ruby symbols or certain internal objects, as demonstrated by conducting a SQL injection attack against Ruby on Rails, aka "Unsafe Object Creation Vulnerability."
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 13.91% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- rubygems/json gem
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 13.9% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00034.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0686.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0701.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1028.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1147.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52075Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52774
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52902
- http://spreecommerce.com/blog/multiple-security-vulnerabilities-fixed
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/2/11/SEC-ANN-Rails-3-2-12-3-1-11-and-2-3-17-have-been-released/Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/11/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/11/8
- http://www.osvdb.org/90074
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57899
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2013&m=slackware-security.426862
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1733-1
- http://www.zweitag.de/en/blog/ruby-on-rails-vulnerable-to-mass-assignment-and-sql-injection
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82010
- https://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/d8e0db6e08c81428?dmode=source&output=gplain
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-0269
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00034.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0686.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0701.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1028.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.