CVE-2013-6416

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 None

Description

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2013-6416

Assigner
secalert@redhat.com

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2013-12-07T00:55:03

Last Modified Date
2019-08-08T15:26:48

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-79	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails::-::::::*	1	OR	4.0.1
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.0.0:-::::::	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.0.0:beta::::::	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.0.0:rc1::::::	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.0.0:rc2::::::	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.0.1:rc1::::::	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://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/12/3/Rails_3_2_16_and_4_0_2_have_been_released/
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/5ZI1-H5OoIM/ZNq4FoR2GnIJ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64071

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6416
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-6416

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 17:39:09				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-01 21:05:48	2013-12-07T00:55Z	2013-12-07T00:55:03	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-01 21:05:48		2019-08-08T15:26:48	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-01 21:05:48		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated