ghsa-v5jg-558j-q67c
Vulnerability from github
Published
2017-10-24 18:33
Modified
2023-05-12 17:23
Summary
actionpack Cross-site Scripting vulnerability
Details

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the strip_tags helper in actionpack/lib/action_controller/vendor/html-scanner/html/node.rb in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.13, 3.0.x before 3.0.10, and 3.1.x before 3.1.0.rc5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a tag with an invalid name.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "RubyGems",
        "name": "actionpack"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "2.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.3.13"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "RubyGems",
        "name": "actionpack"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "3.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.0.10"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2011-2931"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-79"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T21:56:49Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2011-08-29T18:55:01Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the `strip_tags` helper in `actionpack/lib/action_controller/vendor/html-scanner/html/node.rb` in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.13, 3.0.x before 3.0.10, and 3.1.x before 3.1.0.rc5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a tag with an invalid name.",
  "id": "GHSA-v5jg-558j-q67c",
  "modified": "2023-05-12T17:23:04Z",
  "published": "2017-10-24T18:33:38Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2931"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/586a944ddd4d03e66dea1093306147594748037a"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=731436"
    },
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
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    },
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      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/rails/rails"
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/fd41ab62966e0fd1?dmode=source\u0026output=gplain"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065109.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065137.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065212.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2011/8/16/ann-rails-3-1-0-rc6"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2301"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/17/1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/19/11"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/20/1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/13"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/14"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/5"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [],
  "summary": "actionpack Cross-site Scripting vulnerability"
}


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