CVE-2008-7309 — Insoshi before 20080920 does not properly restrict the use of a hash to provide values for a model's attributes, which allows remote attackers to set the ForumPost user_id value via a modified URL, related to a "mass assignment" vulnerability

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Insoshi before 20080920 does not properly restrict the use of a hash to provide values for a model's attributes, which allows remote attackers to set the ForumPost user_id value via a modified URL, related to a "mass assignment" vulnerability

Published Apr 4, 2012

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.05%

Description

Insoshi before 20080920 does not properly restrict the use of a hash to provide values for a model's attributes, which allows remote attackers to set the ForumPost user_id value via a modified URL, related to a "mass assignment" vulnerability.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.05% 0.01053

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01053

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (12 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.05% (0.01053)	63.09th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.06% (0.01065)	60.17th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.24% (0.00243)	45.64th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.22% (0.00225)	61.69th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 25, 2024	0.19% (0.00189)	55.74th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 15, 2024	0.18% (0.00182)	54.45th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.17% (0.00165)	51.81th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.24% (0.00243)	60.43th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 17, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	50.47th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	48.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-255

References (2)

http://blog.mhartl.com/2008/09/21/finding-and-fixing-mass-assignment-problems-in-rails-applications/
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
http://railspikes.com/2008/9/22/is-your-rails-application-safe-from-mass-assignment
x_refsource_MISCExploit

Link	Providers	Tags
http://blog.mhartl.com/2008/09/21/finding-and-fixing-mass-assignment-problems-in-rails-applications/		x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
http://railspikes.com/2008/9/22/is-your-rails-application-safe-from-mass-assignment		x_refsource_MISCExploit

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Apr 4, 2012

Updated Sep 16, 2024

Reserved Apr 4, 2012

Link CVE-2008-7309

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-7309

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2008-7309