CVE-2011-2197
Ruby on Rails <2.3.12, <3.0.8, <3.1.0.rc2 - XSS
Title source: llmDescription
The cross-site scripting (XSS) prevention feature in Ruby on Rails 2.x before 2.3.12, 3.0.x before 3.0.8, and 3.1.x before 3.1.0.rc2 does not properly handle mutation of safe buffers, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct XSS attacks via crafted strings to an application that uses a problematic string method, as demonstrated by the sub method.
References (7)
Scores
EPSS
0.0044
EPSS Percentile
63.0%
Classification
CWE
CWE-79
Status
published
Affected Products (50)
rubyonrails/rails
rubyonrails/rails
rubyonrails/rails
rubyonrails/rails
rubyonrails/rails
rubyonrails/rails
rubyonrails/rails
rubyonrails/rails
rubyonrails/rails
rubyonrails/rails
rubyonrails/rails
rubyonrails/rails
rubyonrails/rails
rubyonrails/rails
rubyonrails/rails
... and 35 more
Timeline
Published
Jun 30, 2011
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026