Security advisory

{
  "id": "8ab60cf7cf0557b692f18422a5e1c1bc179d67b297c0babb04088373b7f7970c",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-17917",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-17917",
    "summary": "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",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-17917",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-17917",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-17917"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/rails/rails",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "813af4655f9bf3c712cf50205eebd337070cee52"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "5.1.4"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v5.1.4",
            "v5.1.4.rc1",
            "v5.1.3.rc1",
            "v5.1.2.rc1",
            "v5.1.1",
            "v5.1.0",
            "v5.1.0.rc2",
            "v5.1.0.rc1",
            "v5.1.0.beta1",
            "v5.0.0.beta4",
            "v5.0.0.beta2",
            "v5.0.0.beta1",
            "v4.2.0.beta1",
            "v4.0.0.rc1",
            "v4.0.0.beta1",
            "v3.2.0.rc1",
            "v3.1.0.rc1",
            "v3.1.0.beta1",
            "v3.0.0.beta3",
            "v3.0.0.beta.3",
            "v2.0.1",
            "v2.0.0",
            "v2.0.0_RC2",
            "v2.0.0_RC1",
            "v2.0.0_PR",
            "v1.1.1",
            "v1.1.0",
            "v1.1.0_RC1",
            "v0.14.3",
            "v0.14.1",
            "v0.13.1",
            "v0.13.0",
            "v0.12.0",
            "v0.11.1",
            "v0.11.0",
            "v0.10.1",
            "v0.10.0",
            "v0.9.5",
            "v0.9.4.1",
            "v0.9.4",
            "v0.9.3",
            "v0.9.2",
            "v0.9.1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-17917.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:25.523246737Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://kay-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/ruby-on-rails-arbitrary-sql-injection/"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-17917",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 431377,
  "published_at": "2017-12-29T16:29:00.263+00:00"
}