GHSA-v3rr-cph9-2g2q

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    GHSA-v3rr-cph9-2g2q

    Published: 24 Oct 2017Last Modified: 13 Apr 2025
    Aliases:
    CVE-2014-2538

    Summary: rack-ssl Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

    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: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2538, https://github.com/josh/rack-ssl/commit/9d7d7300b907e496db68d89d07fbc2e0df0b487b, https://github.com/josh/rack-ssl, https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rack-ssl/CVE-2014-2538.yml, https://web.archive.org/web/20140524002455/http://secunia.com/advisories/57466, https://web.archive.org/web/20200228185649/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66314, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-04/msg00032.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/19/20

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: rack-ssl

    Purl: pkg:gem/rack-ssl

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.4.0

    Affected versions

    1.0.0

    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