CVE-2013-6416

Ruby on Rails < 4.0.2 - Cross-Site Scripting via simple_format Helper

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the simple_format helper in actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/text_helper.rb in Ruby on Rails 4.x before 4.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted HTML attribute.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64071

Scores

EPSS 0.0024
EPSS Percentile 46.4%

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (4)
rubygems/actionpack 4.0.0 - 4.0.2RubyGems
rubyonrails/rails 4.0.0 (4 CPE variants)
rubyonrails/rails 4.0.1 rc1
rubyonrails/rails < 4.0.1
Published Dec 07, 2013
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026