🛡️ CVE-2012-6497 — authlogic

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-200 OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

Authlogic Information Exposure vulnerability

The Authlogic gem for Ruby on Rails prior to version 3.3.0 makes potentially unsafe find_by_id method calls, which might allow remote attackers to conduct CVE-2012-6496 SQL injection attacks via a crafted parameter in environments that have a known secret_token value, as demonstrated by a value contained in secret_token.rb in an open-source product.

Weakness class

CVE-2012-6497 is classified as CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information. Information that should stay internal is disclosed to someone who is not authorised to see it.

Affected software

CVE-2012-6497 is recorded against 1 package.

  • authlogic (fixed in 3.3.0)

Timeline and source

Published on 14 May 2022 and last revised on 5 December 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
web.archive.org (Web)
web.archive.org (Web)
blog.phusion.nl (Web)
openwall.com (Web)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE CWE-200
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-14
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2024-12-05
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
authlogic — 3.3.0

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