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authorVijay Dev <vijaydev.cse@gmail.com>2012-04-12 21:44:11 +0530
committerVijay Dev <vijaydev.cse@gmail.com>2012-04-12 21:44:11 +0530
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@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ params[:user] # => {:name => “ow3ned”, :admin => true}
So if you create a new user using mass-assignment, it may be too easy to become an administrator.
-Note that this vulnerability is not restricted to database columns. Any setter method, unless explicitly protected, is accessible via the <tt>attributes=</tt> method. In fact, this vulnerability is extended even further with the introduction of nested mass assignment (and nested object forms) in Rails 2.3<plus>. The +accepts_nested_attributes_for+ declaration provides us the ability to extend mass assignment to model associations (+has_many+, +has_one+, +has_and_belongs_to_many+). For example:
+Note that this vulnerability is not restricted to database columns. Any setter method, unless explicitly protected, is accessible via the <tt>attributes=</tt> method. In fact, this vulnerability is extended even further with the introduction of nested mass assignment (and nested object forms) in Rails 2.3. The +accepts_nested_attributes_for+ declaration provides us the ability to extend mass assignment to model associations (+has_many+, +has_one+, +has_and_belongs_to_many+). For example:
<ruby>
class Person < ActiveRecord::Base