CVE-2013-0233
Devise gem 2.2.x before 2.2.3, 2.1.x before 2.1.3, 2.0.x before 2.0.5, and 1.5.x before 1.5.4 for Ruby, when using certain databases, does not properly perform type conversion when performing database queries, which might allow remote attackers to cause incorrect results to be returned and bypass security checks via unknown vectors, as demonstrated by resetting passwords of arbitrary accounts.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 14.1% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2017-0267)
- Published
- April 25, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2017-0267 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 17, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- opensuse / opensuse
- plataformatec / devise
- plataformatec / devise
- plataformatec / devise
- plataformatec / devise
- plataformatec / devise
- plataformatec / devise
- plataformatec / devise
- plataformatec / devise
- plataformatec / devise
- plataformatec / devise
- plataformatec / devise
- plataformatec / devise
- plataformatec / devise
- plataformatec / devise
- plataformatec / devise
- ruby-lang / ruby
References
- http://blog.plataformatec.com.br/2013/01/security-announcement-devise-v2-2-3-v2-1-3-v2-0-5-and-v1-5-3-released/(Vendor Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00000.html
- http://www.metasploit.com/modules/auxiliary/admin/http/rails_devise_pass_reset(Exploit)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/29/3
- http://www.phenoelit.org/blog/archives/2013/02/05/mysql_madness_and_rails/index.html(Exploit)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57577
- https://github.com/Snorby/snorby/issues/261
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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