Vulnerability advisory

GHSA-w37c-q653-qg95

actionpack Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

Published Oct 24, 2017Updated Dec 3, 2024OSV record ↗

Also known as CVE-2013-6416

Severity

Severity not reported.

Affected versions

actionpack RubyGems

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Affected	Fixed in
`4.0.0` to before 4.0.2	`4.0.2`Advisories →
Also listed as affected (6) `4.0.0` `4.0.1` `4.0.1.rc1` `4.0.1.rc2` `4.0.1.rc3` `4.0.1.rc4`

Description

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.

References

Advisorynvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6416 ↗
Webgithub.com/rails/rails/commit/4b4f5847f64f81c961625e647711ef9f6ad1a454 ↗
Packagegithub.com/rails/rails ↗
Webgithub.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2013-6416.yml ↗
Webgroups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ruby-security-ann/5ZI1-H5OoIM ↗
Webgroups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/5ZI1-H5OoIM/ZNq4FoR2GnIJ ↗
Webweb.archive.org/web/20200228165109/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64071 ↗
Webweblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/12/3/Rails_3_2_16_and_4_0_2_have_been_released ↗