onyx

onyx --cves cve-2017-17916

CVE-2017-17916

HIGHPOCRuby on Rails
score
<0.1
cvss
8.1
epss
1.5%
published
2017-12-29
kev added
—
first seen

Ruby on Rails 5.1.4 and earlier contains a SQL injection caused by unsanitized 'name' parameter in the 'find_by' method, letting remote attackers execute arbitrary SQL commands, exploit requires untrusted input.

Timeline

How this CVE moved toward exploitation. Chart: last 30 days — trend score, EPSS, community mentions per day; hover the event lane.

events2017-12-29 — PublishedP2026-10-21 — Tracked by OnyxT2026-10-21 — Public PoCXscore2026-10-21: score <0.1<0.1epss2026-09-22: epss 1.5%2026-09-23: epss 1.5%2026-09-24: epss 1.5%2026-09-25: epss 1.5%2026-09-26: epss 1.5%2026-09-27: epss 1.5%2026-09-28: epss 1.5%2026-09-29: epss 1.5%2026-09-30: epss 1.5%2026-10-01: epss 1.5%2026-10-02: epss 1.5%2026-10-03: epss 1.5%2026-10-04: epss 1.5%2026-10-05: epss 1.5%2026-10-06: epss 1.5%2026-10-07: epss 1.5%2026-10-08: epss 1.5%2026-10-09: epss 1.5%2026-10-10: epss 1.5%2026-10-11: epss 1.5%2026-10-12: epss 1.5%2026-10-13: epss 1.5%2026-10-14: epss 1.5%2026-10-15: epss 1.5%2026-10-16: epss 1.5%2026-10-18: epss 1.5%2026-10-19: epss 1.5%2026-10-20: epss 1.5%2026-10-21: epss 1.5%1.5%mentions/day0no mentions in 30 days2026-09-22today
  1. Published
  2. Tracked by Onyx
  3. Public PoC

Exploit availability

Public PoC flagged by vulnx; no direct exploit link among the citations.

Weaknesses

CWE-89

References 1