ghsa-8qrh-h9m2-5fvf
Vulnerability from github
Published
2017-10-24 18:33
Modified
2025-04-09 19:51
Summary
Cross site scripting that affects rails
Details

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Ruby on Rails 2.x before 2.2.3, and 2.3.x before 2.3.4, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by placing malformed Unicode strings into a form helper.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "RubyGems",
        "name": "actionpack"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "2.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.2.3"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "RubyGems",
        "name": "actionpack"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "2.3.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.3.4"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "RubyGems",
        "name": "activesupport"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "2.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.2.3"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "RubyGems",
        "name": "activesupport"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "2.3.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.3.4"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2009-3009"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-79"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T21:26:29Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2009-09-08T18:30:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Ruby on Rails 2.x before 2.2.3, and 2.3.x before 2.3.4, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by placing malformed Unicode strings into a form helper.",
  "id": "GHSA-8qrh-h9m2-5fvf",
  "modified": "2025-04-09T19:51:09Z",
  "published": "2017-10-24T18:33:38Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3009"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53036"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8qrh-h9m2-5fvf"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/activesupport/CVE-2009-3009.yml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=545063"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/7f57cd7794e1d1b4?dmode=source"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/36600"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/36717"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://securitytracker.com/id?1022824"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2009/9/4/xss-vulnerability-in-ruby-on-rails"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1887"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.osvdb.org/57666"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36278"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2544"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [],
  "summary": "Cross site scripting that affects rails"
}


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