CVE-2017-17916: Rubyonrails Rails

High severity, CVSS 8.1. EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

SQL injection vulnerability in the 'find_by' 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

Affected products

• Rubyonrails Rails: up to and including 5.1.4

Published 2017-12-29. Last modified 2026-06-17.