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CVE-2013-6416GHSA-W37C-Q653-QG95

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the simple_format helper in actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/text_helper.rb in Ruby on Rails 4

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 4.0.2
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
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Affected versions

  • n/a n/a

    Version range not reported

  • actionpackRubyGems

    From 4.0.0 · fixed in 4.0.2

References 3

weblog.rubyonrails.org

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securityfocus.com