CVE-2014-2538

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    CVE-2014-2538

    Published: 25 Mar 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in lib/rack/ssl.rb in the rack-ssl gem before 1.4.0 for Ruby allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a URI, which might not be properly handled by third-party adapters such as JRuby-Rack.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/57466, https://github.com/josh/rack-ssl/commit/9d7d7300b907e496db68d89d07fbc2e0df0b487b, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-04/msg00032.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/19/20, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66314

    Affected packages

    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