CVE-2011-2931
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the strip_tags helper in actionpack/lib/action_controller/vendor/html-scanner/html/node.rb in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.13, 3.0.x before 3.0.10, and 3.1.x before 3.1.0.rc5 allows remote attackers to inject…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.49%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the strip_tags helper in actionpack/lib/action_controller/vendor/html-scanner/html/node.rb in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.13, 3.0.x before 3.0.10, and 3.1.x before 3.1.0.rc5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a tag with an invalid name.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.49% probability · 84th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- rubyonrails/rails · rubyonrails/ruby on rails
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/fd41ab62966e0fd1?dmode=source&output=gplainPatch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065109.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065137.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065212.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45921
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2011/8/16/ann-rails-3-1-0-rc6Patch
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2301
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/17/1Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/19/11Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/20/1Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/13Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/14
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/5Patch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=731436Patch
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/586a944ddd4d03e66dea1093306147594748037aPatch
- http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/fd41ab62966e0fd1?dmode=source&output=gplainPatch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065109.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065137.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065212.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45921
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2011/8/16/ann-rails-3-1-0-rc6Patch
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2301
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/17/1Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/19/11Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/20/1Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/13Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/14
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/5Patch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=731436Patch
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/586a944ddd4d03e66dea1093306147594748037aPatch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.