XSS in Rubyonrails Rails
CVE-2013-4491
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.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.022 (82.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 82nd percentile — 82.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.022 · newest: 0.022 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Rubyonrails Rails — versions 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 3.0.0
- Rubyonrails Ruby On Rails — versions 3.0.4, 3.1.11, 3.2.14
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0008.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00081.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/57836 (third-party-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00003.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00082.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/64076 (vdb-entry)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00079.html (vendor-advisory)
- groups.google.com/forum/message/raw (mailing-list)
- weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/12/3/Rails_3_2_16_and_4_0_2_have_been_released/
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1863.html (vendor-advisory)