Improper Implementation of Destroy Option in Active Record Nested Attributes

CVE-2015-7577 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

activerecord/lib/active_record/nested_attributes.rb in Active Record in Ruby on Rails 3.1.x and 3.2.x before 3.2.22.1, 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.14.1, 4.2.x before 4.2.5.1, and 5.x before 5.0.0.beta1.1 does not properly implement a certain destroy option, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended change restrictions by leveraging use of the nested attributes feature.

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