ghsa-699m-mcjm-9cw8
Vulnerability from github
Published
2017-10-24 18:33
Modified
2023-08-25 19:05
Summary
actionpack vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting
Details

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.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "RubyGems",
        "name": "actionpack"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "3.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.2.16"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "RubyGems",
        "name": "actionpack"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "4.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4.0.2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2013-4491"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-79"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T21:18:44Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-699m-mcjm-9cw8",
  "modified": "2023-08-25T19:05:47Z",
  "published": "2017-10-24T18:33:37Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4491"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-699m-mcjm-9cw8"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2013-4491.yml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ruby-security-ann/pLrh6DUw998"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1794.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0008.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1863.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/12/3/Rails_3_2_16_and_4_0_2_have_been_released"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2888"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [],
  "summary": "actionpack vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting"
}


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