{"cve":"CVE-2012-2661","nvd":{"published":"2012-06-22T14:55:01.067","modified":"2026-06-16T23:41:49.773","status":"Modified","description":"The Active Record component in Ruby on Rails 3.0.x before 3.0.13, 3.1.x before 3.1.5, and 3.2.x before 3.2.4 does not properly implement the passing of request data to a where method in an ActiveRecord class, which allows remote attackers to conduct certain SQL injection attacks via nested query parameters that leverage unintended recursion, a related issue to CVE-2012-2695.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-89"],"references":["http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00014.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00016.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00046.html","http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0154.html","https://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/fc2da6c627fc92df?dmode=source&output=gplain"],"products":["rubyonrails:rails","rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:24:00.973572543+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2012-2661","score":0.04042,"percentile":0.90622,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-fh39-v733-mxfr","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-fh39-v733-mxfr","summary":"Active Record vulnerable to SQL Injection via nested query parameters","modified":"2024-12-05T05:29:06.170986Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"RubyGems","name":"activerecord","purl":"pkg:gem/activerecord","ranges":[">=3.0.0 <3.0.13"],"fixed":["3.0.13"]},{"ecosystem":"RubyGems","name":"activerecord","purl":"pkg:gem/activerecord","ranges":[">=3.1.0 <3.1.5"],"fixed":["3.1.5"]},{"ecosystem":"RubyGems","name":"activerecord","purl":"pkg:gem/activerecord","ranges":[">=3.2.0 <3.2.4"],"fixed":["3.2.4"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}