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CVE-2020-5257 Details

Description

In Administrate (rubygem) before version 0.13.0, when sorting by attributes on a dashboard, the direction parameter was not validated before being interpolated into the SQL query. This could present a SQL injection if the attacker were able to modify the `direction` parameter and bypass ActiveRecord SQL protections. Whilst this does have a high-impact, to exploit this you need access to the Administrate dashboards, which we would expect to be behind authentication. This is patched in wersion 0.13.0.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:8.1 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.7 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://github.com/thoughtbot/administrate/commit/3ab838b83c5f565fba50e0c6f66fe4517f98eed3	CVE	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/thoughtbot/administrate/security/advisories/GHSA-2p5p-m353-833w	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/thoughtbot/administrate/commit/3ab838b83c5f565fba50e0c6f66fe4517f98eed3	[email protected]	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/thoughtbot/administrate/security/advisories/GHSA-2p5p-m353-833w	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-89	Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')	[email protected]
CWE-943	Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Data Query Logic	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
thoughtbot administrate	< 0.13.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:thoughtbot:administrate::::::ruby::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 18, 2020	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Mar 13, 2020	CVE Modified	[email protected]