Vulnerability CVE-2011-4319
Published: 2011-11-28   Modified: 2012-02-13

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.

Type:

CWE-79

 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Ruby on rails -> Rails xss plugin 
Ruby on rails -> Ruby on rails 
Rubyonrails -> Ruby on rails 
Rubyonrails -> Rails 

 References:
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://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2011/11/18/rails-3-0-11-has-been-released
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
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