I don't think he can be blamed too much though. As per the bug filed here - https://github.com/rails/rails/issues/5228, the bug was being closed by others after being given a cursory look, and was being reopened again for consideration. Maybe a little immature, but there was a mild provocation.
Exactly. The guy might not have the best English or highest level of maturity, but it's not like he found a flaw and ran around saying, "Haha, look what I can do!" with no justification.
He submitted a security flaw to the Rails issue tracker. It was shut down by committers saying, "This isn't a real flaw, it's everyone's responsibility to secure their own apps."
At that point, a reasonable response is, "Yes it is, you dummies. Watch as I use it to pwn multiple high-profile production rails sites."
Fred Wu
So what's a good gem (if any) for safe guarding params on the controller level? @dhh's params.slice feels too dirty.
DHH
yeah, it's too simple to be clean! I think you are using the wrong framework if you crave more complexity for its own sake.