CVE-2017-17920

Exp

SQL injection vulnerability in the 'reorder' method in Ruby on Rails 5.1.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the 'name' parameter. NOTE: The vendor disputes this issue because the documentation states that this method is not intended for use with untrusted input

Published: 2017-12-29 Last update: 2026-05-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2017-17920 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.51%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2017-17920

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-17920

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.51% 1.51% +1.00%
2 2025-03-30 1.23% 0.51% -0.71%
3 2025-03-29 — 1.23% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-17920

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.1 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.2 5.9 [email protected]
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-17920

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-17920

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2017-17920 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (rails), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): open 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17920
suse medium CVE-2017-17920 severity moderate: SUSE including 5 source package names (ruby2.1-rubygem-rails-4_2, ruby2.5-rubygem-rails-5_1, rubygem-rails-3_2, rubygem-rails-4_2, rubygem-rails-5_1), 19 product×package rows across 11 product lines (SUSE Enterprise Storage 3, SUSE Enterprise Storage 4, … (11 product lines)): Known Not Affected 19. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-17920/
ubuntu low CVE-2017-17920 low priority: Ubuntu including 7 source packages (rails, rails-4.0, …), 126 status rows across 18 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, trusty, upstream, xenial, zesty): DNE 103, ignored 11, needs-triage 7, not-affected 5. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17920

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-17920

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
rubyonrails ruby_on_rails <= 5.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2017-17920

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