Vulnerability · CVE-2013-0156
rubyonrails rails Improper Input Validation
Published May 28, 2013 · catalog updated May 28, 2013 · rubyonrails rails Improper Input
Patch now
CVE-2013-0156 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm rubyonrails rails Improper Input against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
- Severity
- Unknown—
- Known exploitation
- CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 99.45%
- Remediation
- Remediation guidance
- Affected products
- vendor rubyonrails rails
active_support/core_ext/hash/conversions.rb in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.15, 3.0.x before 3.0.19, 3.1.x before 3.1.10, and 3.2.x before 3.2.11 does not properly restrict casts of string values, which allows remote attackers to conduct object-injection attacks and execute arbitrary code, or cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) involving nested XML entity references, by leveraging Action Pack support for (1) YAML type conversion or (2) Symbol type conversion. Initial-access exploit intelligence.
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- vendor rubyonrails railsversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2013-0156
Recommended remediation
Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
CVE-2013-0156 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm rubyonrails rails Improper Input against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 99.45%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
May 28, 2013 · VulnCheck KEV
Detected
active_support/core_ext/hash/conversions.rb in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.15, 3.0.x before 3.0.19, 3.1.x before 3.1.10, and 3.2.x before 3.2.11 does not properly restrict casts of string values, which allows remote attackers to conduct object-injection attacks and execute arbitrary code, or cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) involving nested XML entity references, by leveraging A
May 28, 2013 · CISA KEV
Known exploited
Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2013-0156
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2013-0156
30-day exploitation probability 99.4%
first.org - VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2013-0156
active_support/core_ext/hash/conversions.rb in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.15, 3.0.x before 3.0.19, 3.1.x before 3.1.10, and 3.2.x before 3.2.11 does not properly restrict casts of string values, which allows remote attackers to conduct object-injection attacks and execute arbitrary
vulncheck.com
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.