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    CVE-2013-4491

    Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/translation_helper.rb in the internationalization component in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.16 and 4.x before 4.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted string that triggers generation of a fallback string by the i18n gem.

    Published:Dec 3, 2013
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Dec 7, 2013
    EPSS Score:0.00713
    CVSS Score:4.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Openstack
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Software Collections
    Vendor
    Rhel Sam
    Product
    1.4
    Vendor
    Rubyonrails
    Product
    Rails
    Vendor
    Rubyonrails
    Product
    Ruby On Rails

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    References

    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00079.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00081.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00082.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00003.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1794.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0008.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1863.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/57836
    http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/12/3/Rails_3_2_16_and_4_0_2_have_been_released/
    http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2888
    http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/04/09/enterprise-chef-11-1-3-release/
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64076
    https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/pLrh6DUw998/bLFEyIO4k_EJ
    https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4491
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00079.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00081.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00082.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00003.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1794.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0008.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1863.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/57836
    http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/12/3/Rails_3_2_16_and_4_0_2_have_been_released/
    http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2888
    http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/04/09/enterprise-chef-11-1-3-release/
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64076
    https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/pLrh6DUw998/bLFEyIO4k_EJ
    https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4491

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High