CVE-2011-4319
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the i18n translations helper method in Ruby on Rails 3.0.x before 3.0.11 and 3.1.x before 3.1.2, and the rails_xss plugin in Ruby on Rails 2.3.x, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to a translations string whose name ends with an "html" substring.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0 |
| sid | Fixed | 0 |
| forky | Fixed | 0 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| RubyGems | actionpack | !< 3.0.0||<~> 3.0.11 | ~> 3.0.11 |
| RubyGems | actionpack | >=3.0.0,<3.0.11 | 3.0.11 |
| RubyGems | actionpack | >=3.1.0,<3.1.2 | 3.1.2 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.0.0 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.0.1 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.0.2 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.0.3 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.0.4 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.0.5 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.0.6 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.0.7 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.0.8 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.0.9 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.0.10 | |
| rubyonrails | ruby_on_rails | 3.0.4 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.1.0 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.1.1 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 2.3.2 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 2.3.3 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 2.3.4 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 2.3.9 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 2.3.10 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 2.3.11 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 2.3.12 | |
References
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2011/11/18/rails-3-0-11-has-been-released
- http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/browse_thread/thread/2b61d70fb73c7cc5?pli=1
- http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/c65c24fbc4b6dd82?dmode=source&output=gplain
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/18/8
- http://osvdb.org/77199
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2011/11/18/rails-3-1-2-has-been-released
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50722
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026342
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71364
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4319
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/2d5b105d4bcb652550dda8b5613376d1b8beb70c
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/ba2d85012088fd0db0fab98b2e512c77c83cbade
- https://github.com/rails/rails
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2011-4319.yml
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/K2HXD7c8fMU
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200228155840/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50722
- https://web.archive.org/web/20210307005941/http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026342
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4319
CWEs
CWE-79
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.