CVE-2016-2098

HighCVSS 7.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Action Pack in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.2, 4.x before 4.1.14.2, and 4.2.x before 4.2.5.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Ruby code by leveraging an application's unrestricted use of the render method.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.3/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Apr 7, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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