CVE-2011-4319

Ruby on Rails <3.0.11 & <3.1.2 - XSS

Title source: llm

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the i18n translations helper method in Ruby on Rails 3.0.x before 3.0.11 and 3.1.x before 3.1.2, and the rails_xss plugin in Ruby on Rails 2.3.x, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to a translations string whose name ends with an "html" substring.

References (9)

[Mailing List] http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/browse_thread/thread/2b61d70fb73c7cc5?pli=1

[Mailing List] http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/c65c24fbc4b6dd82?dmode=source&output=gplain

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://osvdb.org/77199

[Various Sources] http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2011/11/18/rails-3-0-11-has-been-released

[Various Sources] http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2011/11/18/rails-3-1-2-has-been-released

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026342

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71364

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50722

[Mailing List] http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/18/8

Scores

EPSS 0.0061

EPSS Percentile 69.4%

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 Nov 28, 2011

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026