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)
Core 9
Core References
Mailing List x_refsource_confirm
http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/browse_thread/thread/2b61d70fb73c7cc5?pli=1
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/c65c24fbc4b6dd82?dmode=source&output=gplain
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/77199
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/18/8
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2011/11/18/rails-3-0-11-has-been-released
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2011/11/18/rails-3-1-2-has-been-released
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026342
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71364
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50722
Scores
EPSS
0.0061
EPSS Percentile
69.9%
Details
CWE
CWE-79
Status
published
Products (15)
rubygems/actionpack
3.0.0 - 3.0.11RubyGems
rubyonrails/rails
3.0.0 (7 CPE variants)
rubyonrails/rails
3.0.1 (2 CPE variants)
rubyonrails/rails
3.0.2 (2 CPE variants)
rubyonrails/rails
3.0.3
rubyonrails/rails
3.0.4 rc1
rubyonrails/rails
3.0.5 (2 CPE variants)
rubyonrails/rails
3.0.6 (3 CPE variants)
rubyonrails/rails
3.0.7 (3 CPE variants)
rubyonrails/rails
3.0.8 (5 CPE variants)
... and 5 more
Published
Nov 28, 2011
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026