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Vulnerability details: VCID-8bvv-wkyv-1fdp
Vulnerability ID VCID-8bvv-wkyv-1fdp
Aliases CVE-2016-0753
GHSA-543v-gj2c-r3ch
Summary activemodel contains Improper Input Validation Active Model in Ruby on Rails 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 supports the use of instance-level writers for class accessors, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended validation steps via crafted parameters.
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 5.3 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178041.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178041.html
cvssv3.1 5.3 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178043.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178043.html
cvssv3.1 5.3 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178047.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178047.html
cvssv3.1 5.3 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178065.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178065.html
cvssv3.1 5.3 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178066.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178066.html
cvssv3.1 5.3 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html
cvssv3.1 5.3 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00043.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00043.html
cvssv3.1 5.3 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0296.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0296.html
epss 0.02328 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-0753
cvssv2 4.3 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-543v-gj2c-r3ch
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://github.com/rails/rails
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/rails/rails
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/activemodel/CVE-2016-0753.yml
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/activemodel/CVE-2016-0753.yml
cvssv3 5.3 https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/6jQVC1geukQ
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/6jQVC1geukQ
generic_textual MODERATE https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/6jQVC1geukQ
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0753
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0753
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20160405205300/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816
generic_textual MODERATE https://web.archive.org/web/20160405205300/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20200228000230/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82247
generic_textual MODERATE https://web.archive.org/web/20200228000230/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82247
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20210613054843/https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/6jQVC1geukQ/3Iy0GU1ZEgAJ
generic_textual MODERATE https://web.archive.org/web/20210613054843/https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/6jQVC1geukQ/3Iy0GU1ZEgAJ
cvssv3.1 5.3 http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464
generic_textual MODERATE http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464
cvssv3.1 5.3 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/14
generic_textual MODERATE http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/14
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178041.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178043.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178047.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178065.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178066.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00043.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0296.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-0753.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-0753
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-3226
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-3227
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7576
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7577
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7581
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-0751
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-0752
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-0753
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/rails/rails
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/activemodel/CVE-2016-0753.yml
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/6jQVC1geukQ
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0753
https://web.archive.org/web/20160405205300/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816
https://web.archive.org/web/20200228000230/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82247
https://web.archive.org/web/20210613054843/https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/6jQVC1geukQ/3Iy0GU1ZEgAJ
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/14
1301973 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1301973
GHSA-543v-gj2c-r3ch https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-543v-gj2c-r3ch
RHSA-2016:0296 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0296
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178041.html
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178043.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178047.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178065.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178066.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00043.html
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0296.html
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Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/rails/rails
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/activemodel/CVE-2016-0753.yml
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/6jQVC1geukQ
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0753
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://web.archive.org/web/20160405205300/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://web.archive.org/web/20200228000230/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82247
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://web.archive.org/web/20210613054843/https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/6jQVC1geukQ/3Iy0GU1ZEgAJ
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/14
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.8508
EPSS Score 0.02328
Published At May 29, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-29T08:57:05.039444+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2017/10/GHSA-543v-gj2c-r3ch/GHSA-543v-gj2c-r3ch.json 38.6.0