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CVE-2013-4491
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/translation_helper.rb in the internationalization component…
Medium4.3EPSS 2.2%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/translation_helper.rb in the internationalization component in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.16 and 4.x before 4.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted string that triggers generation of a fallback string by the i18n gem.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.2% · top 17% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- RubyGemsactionpackGHSA-699m-mcjm-9cw8 (opens in a new tab)
References (14)
- RHSA-2014:0008 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1906 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 57836 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0009 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1907 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 64076 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1904 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [ruby-security-ann] 20131203 [CVE-2013-4491] Reflective XSS Vulnerability in Ruby on Rails (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/12/3/Rails_3_2_16_and_4_0_2_have_been_released/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:1863 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:1794 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/04/09/enterprise-chef-11-1-3-release/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-2888 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4491 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-699m-mcjm-9cw8 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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