CVE-2009-4214

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 None
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the strip_tags function in Ruby on Rails before 2.2.s, and 2.3.x before 2.3.5, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving non-printing ASCII characters, related to HTML::Tokenizer and actionpack/lib/action_controller/vendor/html-scanner/html/node.rb.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2009-4214
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2009-12-07T17:30:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-08-08T14:43:53
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-79 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.9.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.14.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.14.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.14.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:1.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.1.2
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:0.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:0.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:0.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:0.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:0.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:0.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:0.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:0.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:0.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3352 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://github.com/rails/rails/commit/bfe032858077bb2946abe25e95e485ba6da86bd5 Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023245
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/27/2
http://secunia.com/advisories/37446 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37142 Patch
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2009/11/30/ruby-on-rails-2-3-5-released
http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/browse_thread/thread/4d4f71f2aef4c0ab?pli=1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/08/3
http://secunia.com/advisories/38915 Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2260
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2301
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4214
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-4214
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:39:11 Added to TrackCVE