CVE-2014-3482: SQL Injection in Active Record

October 24, 2017 (updated March 31, 2025)

SQL injection vulnerability in activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb in the PostgreSQL adapter for Active Record in Ruby on Rails 2.x and 3.x before 3.2.19 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands by leveraging improper bitstring quoting.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-mhwp-qhpc-h3jm
github.com/rails/rails
github.com/rails/rails/commit/1f2192e46d78ee0ba2b06373f2c24caf8440ff5b
groups.google.com/g/rubyonrails-security/c/wDxePLJGZdI
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3482

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