I thought there were two different issues, though not being a rails jockey I could easily be mistaken. Even if it was disclosed four days before it was exploited I stand by my take if not my terminology.
Nope, this bug is exactly what he used for his demonstration (and there are warnings about attr_accessible going back 3 or 4 years, so it's not a "0-day" by most accounts, more of a "3-years"" vuln)