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 attributes= 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: +Note that this vulnerability is not restricted to database columns. Any setter method, unless explicitly protected, is accessible via the attributes= 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: class Person < ActiveRecord::Base