medium
4.3
CWE
79
Advisory Published
Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2014-0081: XSS

First published: Thu Feb 20 2014(Updated: )

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/number_helper.rb in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.17, 4.0.x before 4.0.3, and 4.1.x before 4.1.0.beta2 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) format, (2) negative_format, or (3) units parameter to the (a) number_to_currency, (b) number_to_percentage, or (c) number_to_human helper.

Credit: secalert@redhat.com

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
rubygems/actionpack>=4.0.0<4.0.3
4.0.3
rubygems/actionpack>=3.0.0<3.2.17
3.2.17
rubygems/rails>=4.0.0<4.0.3
4.0.3
rubygems/rails>=3.0.0<3.2.17
3.2.17
Ruby on Rails=0.9.1
Ruby on Rails=0.9.2
Ruby on Rails=0.9.3
Ruby on Rails=0.9.4
Ruby on Rails=0.9.4.1
Ruby on Rails=0.10.0
Ruby on Rails=0.10.1
Ruby on Rails=0.11.0
Ruby on Rails=0.11.1
Ruby on Rails=0.12.0
Ruby on Rails=0.12.1
Ruby on Rails=0.13.0
Ruby on Rails=0.13.1
Ruby on Rails=0.14.1
Ruby on Rails=0.14.2
Ruby on Rails=0.14.3
Ruby on Rails=0.14.4
Ruby on Rails=1.0.0
Ruby on Rails=1.1.0
Ruby on Rails=1.1.1
Ruby on Rails=1.1.2
Ruby on Rails=1.1.3
Ruby on Rails=1.1.4
Ruby on Rails=1.1.5
Ruby on Rails=1.1.6
Ruby on Rails=1.2.0
Ruby on Rails=1.2.1
Ruby on Rails=1.2.2
Ruby on Rails=1.2.3
Ruby on Rails=1.2.4
Ruby on Rails=1.2.5
Ruby on Rails=1.2.6
Ruby on Rails=1.9.5
Ruby on Rails=2.0.0
Ruby on Rails=2.0.0-rc1
Ruby on Rails=2.0.0-rc2
Ruby on Rails=2.0.1
Ruby on Rails=2.0.2
Ruby on Rails=2.0.4
Ruby on Rails=2.1.0
Ruby on Rails=2.1.1
Ruby on Rails=2.1.2
Ruby on Rails=2.2.0
Ruby on Rails=2.2.1
Ruby on Rails=2.2.2
Ruby on Rails=2.3.0
Ruby on Rails=2.3.1
Ruby on Rails=2.3.2
Ruby on Rails=2.3.3
Ruby on Rails=2.3.4
Ruby on Rails=2.3.9
Ruby on Rails=2.3.10
Ruby on Rails=2.3.11
Ruby on Rails=2.3.12
Ruby on Rails=2.3.13
Ruby on Rails=2.3.14
Ruby on Rails=2.3.15
Ruby on Rails=2.3.16
Ruby on Rails=3.0.0
Ruby on Rails=3.0.0-beta
Ruby on Rails=3.0.0-beta2
Ruby on Rails=3.0.0-beta3
Ruby on Rails=3.0.0-beta4
Ruby on Rails=3.0.0-rc
Ruby on Rails=3.0.0-rc2
Ruby on Rails=3.0.1
Ruby on Rails=3.0.1-pre
Ruby on Rails=3.0.2
Ruby on Rails=3.0.2-pre
Ruby on Rails=3.0.3
Ruby on Rails=3.0.4-rc1
Ruby on Rails=3.0.5
Ruby on Rails=3.0.5-rc1
Ruby on Rails=3.0.6
Ruby on Rails=3.0.6-rc1
Ruby on Rails=3.0.6-rc2
Ruby on Rails=3.0.7
Ruby on Rails=3.0.7-rc1
Ruby on Rails=3.0.7-rc2
Ruby on Rails=3.0.8
Ruby on Rails=3.0.8-rc1
Ruby on Rails=3.0.8-rc2
Ruby on Rails=3.0.8-rc3
Ruby on Rails=3.0.8-rc4
Ruby on Rails=3.0.9
Ruby on Rails=3.0.9-rc1
Ruby on Rails=3.0.9-rc2
Ruby on Rails=3.0.9-rc3
Ruby on Rails=3.0.9-rc4
Ruby on Rails=3.0.9-rc5
Ruby on Rails=3.0.10
Ruby on Rails=3.0.10-rc1
Ruby on Rails=3.0.11
Ruby on Rails=3.0.12
Ruby on Rails=3.0.12-rc1
Ruby on Rails=3.0.13
Ruby on Rails=3.0.13-rc1
Ruby on Rails=3.0.14
Ruby on Rails=3.0.16
Ruby on Rails=3.0.17
Ruby on Rails=3.0.18
Ruby on Rails=3.0.19
Ruby on Rails=3.0.20
Ruby on Rails=3.1.0
Ruby on Rails=3.1.0-beta1
Ruby on Rails=3.1.0-rc1
Ruby on Rails=3.1.0-rc2
Ruby on Rails=3.1.0-rc3
Ruby on Rails=3.1.0-rc4
Ruby on Rails=3.1.0-rc5
Ruby on Rails=3.1.0-rc6
Ruby on Rails=3.1.0-rc7
Ruby on Rails=3.1.0-rc8
Ruby on Rails=3.1.1
Ruby on Rails=3.1.1-rc1
Ruby on Rails=3.1.1-rc2
Ruby on Rails=3.1.1-rc3
Ruby on Rails=3.1.2
Ruby on Rails=3.1.2-rc1
Ruby on Rails=3.1.2-rc2
Ruby on Rails=3.1.3
Ruby on Rails=3.1.4
Ruby on Rails=3.1.4-rc1
Ruby on Rails=3.1.5
Ruby on Rails=3.1.5-rc1
Ruby on Rails=3.1.6
Ruby on Rails=3.1.7
Ruby on Rails=3.1.8
Ruby on Rails=3.1.9
Ruby on Rails=3.1.10
Ruby on Rails=3.2.0
Ruby on Rails=3.2.0-rc1
Ruby on Rails=3.2.0-rc2
Ruby on Rails=3.2.1
Ruby on Rails=3.2.2
Ruby on Rails=3.2.2-rc1
Ruby on Rails=3.2.3
Ruby on Rails=3.2.3-rc1
Ruby on Rails=3.2.3-rc2
Ruby on Rails=3.2.4
Ruby on Rails=3.2.4-rc1
Ruby on Rails=3.2.5
Ruby on Rails=3.2.6
Ruby on Rails=3.2.7
Ruby on Rails=3.2.8
Ruby on Rails=3.2.9
Ruby on Rails=3.2.10
Ruby on Rails=3.2.11
Ruby on Rails=3.2.12
Ruby on Rails=3.2.13
Ruby on Rails=3.2.13-rc1
Ruby on Rails=3.2.13-rc2
Ruby on Rails=3.2.15
Ruby on Rails=3.2.15-rc3
Ruby on Rails=4.0.0
Ruby on Rails=4.0.0-beta
Ruby on Rails=4.0.0-rc1
Ruby on Rails=4.0.0-rc2
Ruby on Rails=4.0.1
Ruby on Rails=4.0.1-rc1
Ruby on Rails=4.0.1-rc2
Ruby on Rails=4.0.1-rc3
Ruby on Rails=4.0.1-rc4
Ruby on Rails=4.0.2
Ruby on Rails=4.1.0-beta1
Ruby on Rails<=3.2.16
Ruby on Rails=0.5.0
Ruby on Rails=0.5.5
Ruby on Rails=0.5.6
Ruby on Rails=0.5.7
Ruby on Rails=0.6.0
Ruby on Rails=0.6.5
Ruby on Rails=0.7.0
Ruby on Rails=0.8.0
Ruby on Rails=0.8.5
Ruby on Rails=0.9.0
Ruby on Rails=3.0.4
Ruby on Rails=3.2.14
Ruby on Rails=3.2.14-rc1
Ruby on Rails=3.2.14-rc2
Ruby on Rails=3.2.15-rc1
Ruby on Rails=3.2.15-rc2
openSUSE=13.1
openSUSE=12.3
Red Hat CloudForms=3.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux=6.0

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the severity of CVE-2014-0081?

    CVE-2014-0081 is classified as a high severity vulnerability due to the potential for remote code execution through cross-site scripting (XSS).

  • How do I fix CVE-2014-0081?

    To fix CVE-2014-0081, you should upgrade Ruby on Rails to version 3.2.17, 4.0.3, or later versions to eliminate the vulnerabilities.

  • What are the affected versions by CVE-2014-0081?

    CVE-2014-0081 affects Ruby on Rails versions before 3.2.17, 4.0.x before 4.0.3, and 4.1.x before 4.1.0.beta2.

  • Who is impacted by CVE-2014-0081?

    Any application using affected versions of Ruby on Rails is potentially vulnerable to remote attacks exploiting XSS.

  • What types of vulnerabilities are associated with CVE-2014-0081?

    CVE-2014-0081 involves multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities allowing attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML.

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