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Vulnerability details: VCID-rq7w-zmh4-17e1
Vulnerability ID VCID-rq7w-zmh4-17e1
Aliases CVE-2012-2661
GHSA-fh39-v733-mxfr
OSV-82403
Summary SQL injection vulnerability in Active Record Due to the way Active Record handles nested query parameters, an attacker can use a specially crafted request to inject some forms of SQL into your application's SQL queries.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
generic_textual MODERATE http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00014.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00016.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00046.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0154.html
epss 0.0073 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-2661
epss 0.0073 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-2661
epss 0.0073 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-2661
epss 0.0073 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-2661
epss 0.0073 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-2661
epss 0.0073 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-2661
epss 0.0073 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-2661
epss 0.0073 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-2661
epss 0.0073 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-2661
epss 0.0073 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-2661
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fh39-v733-mxfr
generic_textual MODERATE https://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/fc2da6c627fc92df?dmode=source&output=gplain
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2661
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00014.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00016.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00046.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0154.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2012-2661.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-2661
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2661
https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/71f7917c553cdc9a0ee49e87af0efb7429759718#diff-2ec9993375ecb711e08452788d625581
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/activerecord/OSVDB-82403.yml
https://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/fc2da6c627fc92df?dmode=source&output=gplain
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2661
827363 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=827363
GHSA-fh39-v733-mxfr https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fh39-v733-mxfr
RHSA-2012:1542 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1542
RHSA-2013:0154 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0154
No exploits are available.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.72604
EPSS Score 0.0073
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T12:46:46.995997+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/activerecord/CVE-2012-2661.yml 38.0.0