CVE-2013-0233
Devise gem 2.2.x before 2.2.3, 2.1.x before 2.1.3, 2.0.x before 2.0.5, and 1.5.x before 1.5.4 for Ruby, when using certain databases, does…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 14.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Devise gem 2.2.x before 2.2.3, 2.1.x before 2.1.3, 2.0.x before 2.0.5, and 1.5.x before 1.5.4 for Ruby, when using certain databases, does not properly perform type conversion when performing database queries, which might allow remote attackers to cause incorrect results to be returned and bypass security checks via unknown vectors, as demonstrated by resetting passwords of arbitrary accounts.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module for it.
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Metasploit modules1 module
- Ruby on Rails Devise Authentication Password Reset (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
auxiliary/admin/http/rails_devise_pass_resetRank normaldisclosed 28 Jan 2013
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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By redhat
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 14.1% · top 3.4% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- RubyGemsdeviseGHSA-jxhw-mg8m-2pj8 (opens in a new tab)
References
7
- http://www.metasploit.com/modules/auxiliary/admin/http/rails_devise_pass_reset (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20130128 Re: CVE request for 'devise' ruby gem (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://www.phenoelit.org/blog/archives/2013/02/05/mysql_madness_and_rails/index.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0374 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 57577 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://blog.plataformatec.com.br/2013/01/security-announcement-devise-v2-2-3-v2-1-3-v2-0-5-and-v1-5-3-released/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/Snorby/snorby/issues/261 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2017-0267 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-jxhw-mg8m-2pj8 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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