ghsa-w37c-q653-qg95
Vulnerability from github
Published
2017-10-24 18:33
Modified
2023-07-26 18:41
Summary
actionpack Cross-site Scripting vulnerability
Details

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.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "RubyGems",
        "name": "actionpack"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "4.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4.0.2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2013-6416"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-79"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T21:59:19Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2013-12-07T00:55:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-w37c-q653-qg95",
  "modified": "2023-07-26T18:41:29Z",
  "published": "2017-10-24T18:33:36Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6416"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/4b4f5847f64f81c961625e647711ef9f6ad1a454"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/rails/rails"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2013-6416.yml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ruby-security-ann/5ZI1-H5OoIM"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/5ZI1-H5OoIM/ZNq4FoR2GnIJ"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200228165109/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64071"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/12/3/Rails_3_2_16_and_4_0_2_have_been_released"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [],
  "summary": "actionpack Cross-site Scripting vulnerability"
}


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