MEDIUM
Ruby on Rails 2.3.9 and 3.0.0 does not properly handle nested attributes, which allows remote attackers to modify arbitrary records by changing the names of parameters for form inputs
Published Oct 27, 2010
6.4
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.21%
Description
Ruby on Rails 2.3.9 and 3.0.0 does not properly handle nested attributes, which allows remote attackers to modify arbitrary records by changing the names of parameters for form inputs.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 2.3.9
- 3.0.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
6.4 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.21% 0.02207
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02207
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 | 2.21% (0.02207) | 81.94th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.25% (0.02250) | 80.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.71% (0.00712) | 70.62th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.38% (0.00376) | 73.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 25, 2024 | 0.31% (0.00313) | 69.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 15, 2024 | 0.22% (0.00220) | 59.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.20% (0.00199) | 56.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.38% (0.00376) | 68.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 17, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 64.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (12)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41930 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1024624 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2010/10/15/security-vulnerability-in-nested-attributes-code-in-ruby-on-rails-2-3-9-and-3-0-0 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2719 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gjxw-5w2q-7grf Advisory
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/2d96bccb1e8b62e3e11ca0c5d38aaa8cece889ae
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/96183e0f284bab27667e5a38fa6a1578eb029585
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/activerecord/CVE-2010-3933.yml
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3933
- https://web.archive.org/web/20101129225633/http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2010/Oct/1024624.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20111225083933/http://secunia.com/advisories/41930
- https://web.archive.org/web/20201208053819/http://securitytracker.com/id?1024624
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 27, 2010
Updated Sep 16, 2024
Reserved Oct 12, 2010
Link CVE-2010-3933
CISA Vulnrichment
GHSA-GJXW-5W2Q-7GRF Updated n/a