CVE-2016-2098
Action Pack in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.2, 4.x before 4.1.14.2, and 4.2.x before 4.2.5.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Ruby code by leveraging an application's unrestricted use of the render method.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 81.4%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Action Pack in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.2, 4.x before 4.1.14.2, and 4.2.x before 4.2.5.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Ruby code by leveraging an application's unrestricted use of the render method.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.3 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- EPSS
- 81.45% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 11 July 2016
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- debian/debian linux · rubyonrails/rails · rubyonrails/ruby on rails
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS moved from 85.0% on 21 September 2026 to 81.4% on 4 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00057.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00080.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00083.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00086.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2016/2/29/Rails-4-2-5-2-4-1-14-2-3-2-22-2-have-been-released/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3509
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83725
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035122
- https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/ly-IH-fxr_Q/WLoOhcMZIAAJ
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40086/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00057.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00080.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00083.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00086.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2016/2/29/Rails-4-2-5-2-4-1-14-2-3-2-22-2-have-been-released/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3509
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83725
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035122
- https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/ly-IH-fxr_Q/WLoOhcMZIAAJ
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40086/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.