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Vulnerability details: VCID-q8un-ngwx-5kaw
Vulnerability ID VCID-q8un-ngwx-5kaw
Aliases CVE-2015-7577
GHSA-xrr6-3pc4-m447
Summary Active Record Improper Access Control `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.
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-284 Improper Access Control
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/178065.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178065.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/msg00034.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00034.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 0.01209 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-7577
cvssv2 4.3 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xrr6-3pc4-m447
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/activerecord/CVE-2015-7577.yml
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/activerecord/CVE-2015-7577.yml
cvssv3 5.3 https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/cawsWcQ6c8g
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/cawsWcQ6c8g
generic_textual MODERATE https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/cawsWcQ6c8g
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7577
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7577
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/2016/01/25/10
generic_textual MODERATE http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/10
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/178065.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00034.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-2015-7577.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-7577
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/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/activerecord/CVE-2015-7577.yml
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/cawsWcQ6c8g
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7577
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/10
1301957 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1301957
GHSA-xrr6-3pc4-m447 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xrr6-3pc4-m447
RHSA-2016:0296 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0296
RHSA-2016:0454 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0454
RHSA-2016:0455 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0455
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/178065.html
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

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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
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.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00034.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.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)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

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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
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

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physical

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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)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

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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/activerecord/CVE-2015-7577.yml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

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physical

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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/cawsWcQ6c8g
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

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physical

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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-2015-7577
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

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required

unchanged

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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
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

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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/2016/01/25/10
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.79277
EPSS Score 0.01209
Published At May 29, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-29T08:57:06.080699+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2017/10/GHSA-xrr6-3pc4-m447/GHSA-xrr6-3pc4-m447.json 38.6.0