CVE-2013-4491
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-79
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Publication date:
07/12/2013
Last modified:
11/04/2025
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/translation_helper.rb in the internationalization component in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.16 and 4.x before 4.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted string that triggers generation of a fallback string by the i18n gem.
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:*:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.0.1 (including) | |
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.0.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.0.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.0:rc:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.1:pre:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00079.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00081.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00082.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00003.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1794.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0008.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1863.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57836
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/12/3/Rails_3_2_16_and_4_0_2_have_been_released/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2888
- http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/04/09/enterprise-chef-11-1-3-release/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64076
- https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/pLrh6DUw998/bLFEyIO4k_EJ
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4491
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00079.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00081.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00082.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00003.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1794.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0008.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1863.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57836
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/12/3/Rails_3_2_16_and_4_0_2_have_been_released/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2888
- http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/04/09/enterprise-chef-11-1-3-release/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64076
- https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/pLrh6DUw998/bLFEyIO4k_EJ
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4491