Vulnerability · Published Mar 13, 2020 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2020-5257Sort order SQL injection in Administrate
High 7.7
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in administrate from thoughtbot. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 60% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
In Administrate (rubygem) before version 0.13.0, when sorting by attributes on a dashboard, the direction parameter was not validated before being interpolated into the SQL query. This could present a SQL injection if the attacker were able to modify the `direction` parameter and bypass ActiveRecord SQL protections. Whilst this does have a high-impact, to exploit this you need access to the Administrate dashboards, which we would expect to be behind authentication. This is patched in wersion 0.13.0.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RubyGems | administrate | 0.13.0 | GHSA-2p5p-m353-833w |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| thoughtbot | administrate | < 0.13.0 |
Weakness: CWE-943 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N