General Information

RoR YAML Injection

Variants:
Direct 

Also Known As:
RoR Code Execution, Ruby On Rails Code Execution

Vector Type:
Attack

Relevance:
Technology Version Specific

Layer:
Application-Level

Platforms:
Ruby

Target Type:
Web Application

Affected Mechanisms:
Input Validation, Syntax Escaping

Invented In:
13/01/2013

Added In:
08/12/2014


Vector Operation Method:
Malicious inputs can affect the structure of server-side Ruby code which is generated dynamically


Direct Variant:

RoR YAML Injection

Variant Title:
RoR YAML Injection

Typical Severity:
Critical

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