GitHub Advisoryadvisory · RubyGems
GHSA-699m-mcjm-9cw8 actionpack vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2013-4491
- Ecosystem
- RubyGems
- Packages
- actionpack
- Severity
- Moderate
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
- Reviewed
- 2020-06-16
Affected packages
• RubyGems actionpack: >= 3.0.0, < 3.2.16 → fixed in 3.2.16
• RubyGems actionpack: >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.2 → fixed in 4.0.2
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in `actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/translation_helper.rb` in the internationalization component in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.16 and 4.x before 4.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted string that triggers generation of a fallback string by the i18n gem.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2013-4491 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/translation_helper.rb in the internationalization component… vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4491 advisory
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-699m-mcjm-9cw8 advisory
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2013-4491.yml web
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ruby-security-ann/pLrh6DUw998 web
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1794.html web
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0008.html web
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1863.html web
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/12/3/Rails_3_2_16_and_4_0_2_have_been_released web
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2888 web