CVE-2011-2931
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-79
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Publication date:
29/08/2011
Last modified:
11/04/2025
Description
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.
Impact
Base Score 2.0
4.30
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/fd41ab62966e0fd1?dmode=source&output=gplain
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065109.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065137.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065212.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45921
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2011/8/16/ann-rails-3-1-0-rc6
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2301
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/17/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/19/11
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/20/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/13
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/14
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=731436
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/586a944ddd4d03e66dea1093306147594748037a
- http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/fd41ab62966e0fd1?dmode=source&output=gplain
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065109.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065137.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065212.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45921
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2011/8/16/ann-rails-3-1-0-rc6
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2301
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/17/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/19/11
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/20/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/13
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/14
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=731436
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/586a944ddd4d03e66dea1093306147594748037a