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author | Vijay Dev <vijaydev.cse@gmail.com> | 2012-04-12 21:44:11 +0530 |
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committer | Vijay Dev <vijaydev.cse@gmail.com> | 2012-04-12 21:44:11 +0530 |
commit | 8248f4202d67a781bd3da88fc9412bc7264bbb7b (patch) | |
tree | 15af5b14ae2969780fb1ae74b097ab889e10ad86 /guides/source/security.textile | |
parent | 6cab7602bb53464f625968d233530f6982841629 (diff) | |
parent | 05ac3921f85663416fe8a4287b05db3284276b24 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'master' of github.com:lifo/docrails
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diff --git a/guides/source/security.textile b/guides/source/security.textile index 747a4d6791..c065529cac 100644 --- a/guides/source/security.textile +++ b/guides/source/security.textile @@ -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 |