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CVE-2015-7577 Moderate

CVE-2015-7577

activerecord/lib/active_record/nested_attributes.rb in Active Record in Ruby on Rails 3.1.x and 3.2.x before 3.2.22.1, 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.14.1, 4.2.x before 4.2.5.1, and 5.x before 5.0.0.beta1.1 does not properly implement a certain destroy option, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended change restrictions by leveraging use of the nested attributes feature.

Exploit probability 4.3%
Published February 16, 2016
Required by Not available
Last source change April 10, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

RubyGems activerecord

137 explicit affected versions

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities CVE-2015-7577

activerecord/lib/active_record/nested_attributes.rb in Active Record in Ruby on Rails 3.1.x and 3.2.x before 3.2.22.1, 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.14.1, 4.2.x before 4.2.5.1, and 5.x before 5.0.0.beta1.1 does not properly implement a certain destroy option, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended change restrictions by leveraging use of the nested attributes feature.

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Open Source Vulnerabilities GHSA-xrr6-3pc4-m447

`activerecord/lib/active_record/nested_attributes.rb` in Active Record in Ruby on Rails 3.1.x and 3.2.x before 3.2.22.1, 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.14.1, 4.2.x before 4.2.5.1, and 5.x before 5.0.0.beta1.1 does not properly implement a certain destroy option, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended change restrictions by leveraging use of the nested attributes feature.

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence