ghsa-v3rr-cph9-2g2q
Vulnerability from github
Published
2017-10-24 18:33
Modified
2025-04-13 23:03
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
Summary
rack-ssl Cross-site Scripting vulnerability
Details

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in lib/rack/ssl.rb in the rack-ssl gem before 1.4.0 for Ruby allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a URI, which might not be properly handled by third-party adapters such as JRuby-Rack.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "RubyGems",
        "name": "rack-ssl"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.4.0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2014-2538"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-79"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T21:56:31Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2014-03-25T18:21:48Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in `lib/rack/ssl.rb` in the rack-ssl gem before 1.4.0 for Ruby allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a URI, which might not be properly handled by third-party adapters such as JRuby-Rack.",
  "id": "GHSA-v3rr-cph9-2g2q",
  "modified": "2025-04-13T23:03:25Z",
  "published": "2017-10-24T18:33:36Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2538"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/josh/rack-ssl/commit/9d7d7300b907e496db68d89d07fbc2e0df0b487b"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/josh/rack-ssl"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rack-ssl/CVE-2014-2538.yml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20140524002455/http://secunia.com/advisories/57466"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200228185649/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66314"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-04/msg00032.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/19/20"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "rack-ssl Cross-site Scripting vulnerability"
}


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