CVE-2013-6416
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.3
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the simple_format helper in actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/text_helper.rb in Ruby on Rails 4.x before 4.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted HTML attribute.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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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 | !~> 2.3.0,!~> 3.1.0,!~> 3.2.0||<>= 4.0.2 | >= 4.0.2 |
| RubyGems | actionpack | >=4.0.0,<4.0.2 | 4.0.2 |
References
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ruby-security-ann/5ZI1-H5OoIM
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/12/3/Rails_3_2_16_and_4_0_2_have_been_released/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64071
- https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/5ZI1-H5OoIM/ZNq4FoR2GnIJ
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6416
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/4b4f5847f64f81c961625e647711ef9f6ad1a454
- https://github.com/rails/rails
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2013-6416.yml
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200228165109/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64071
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/12/3/Rails_3_2_16_and_4_0_2_have_been_released
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6416
CWEs
CWE-79
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