active_support/core_ext/hash/conversions.rb in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.15, 3.0.x before 3.0.19, 3.1.x before 3.1.10, and 3.2.x before 3.2.11 does not properly restrict casts of string values, which allows remote attackers to conduct object-injection attacks and execute arbitrary code, or cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) involving nested XML entity references, by leveraging Action Pack support for (1) YAML type conversion or (2) Symbol type conversion.
{
"severity": "HIGH",
"github_reviewed": true,
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-20"
],
"nvd_published_at": "2013-01-13T22:55:00Z",
"github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T21:43:48Z"
}