CVE-2013-6416: XSS
First published: Sat Dec 07 2013(Updated: )
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.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| rubygems/actionpack | >=4.0.0<4.0.2 | 4.0.2 |
| Rubyonrails Rails | <=4.0.1 | |
| Rubyonrails Rails | =4.0.0 | |
| Rubyonrails Rails | =4.0.0-beta | |
| Rubyonrails Rails | =4.0.0-rc1 | |
| Rubyonrails Rails | =4.0.0-rc2 | |
| Rubyonrails Rails | =4.0.1-rc1 |
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Reference Links
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6416
- https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/5ZI1-H5OoIM/ZNq4FoR2GnIJ
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/12/3/Rails_3_2_16_and_4_0_2_have_been_released/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200228165109/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64071
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/4b4f5847f64f81c961625e647711ef9f6ad1a454
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2013-6416.yml
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ruby-security-ann/5ZI1-H5OoIM
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w37c-q653-qg95 (Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64071
- collector/github-advisory
- alias/GHSA-w37c-q653-qg95
- alias/CVE-2013-6416
- collector/github-advisory-latest
- collector/nvd-index
- collector/nvd-cve
- agent/severity
- agent/author
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- agent/event
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/weakness
- agent/references
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/tags
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- package-manager/rubygems
- vendor/rubyonrails
- canonical/rubyonrails rails
- version/rubyonrails rails/4.0.1
- version/rubyonrails rails/4.0.0
- version/rubyonrails rails/4.0.0-beta
- version/rubyonrails rails/4.0.0-rc1
- version/rubyonrails rails/4.0.0-rc2
- version/rubyonrails rails/4.0.1-rc1