multi_xml gem 0.5.2 for Ruby, as used in Grape before 0.2.6 and possibly other products, does not properly restrict casts of string values, which allows remote attackers to conduct object-injection attacks and execute arbitrary code, or cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) involving nested XML entity references, by leveraging support for (1) YAML type conversion or (2) Symbol type conversion, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2013-0156.
CVE-2013-0175 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 3 products from erik_michaels-ober, from ruby-lang, from grape_project organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
Documented in 2013, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.
2013-04-25T23:55:01.410
2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Deferred
CVSSv2: 7.5 (HIGH)
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
10.0
6.4
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | erik_michaels-ober | multi_xml | 0.5.2 | Yes |
| Application | ruby-lang | ruby | * | No |
| Application | erik_michaels-ober | multi_xml | 0.5.2 | Yes |
| Application | grape_project | grape | 0.1.0 | Yes |
| Application | grape_project | grape | 0.1.1 | Yes |
| Application | grape_project | grape | 0.1.2 | Yes |
| Application | grape_project | grape | 0.1.3 | Yes |
| Application | grape_project | grape | 0.1.4 | Yes |
| Application | grape_project | grape | 0.1.5 | Yes |
| Application | grape_project | grape | 0.2.0 | Yes |
| Application | grape_project | grape | 0.2.1 | Yes |
| Application | grape_project | grape | 0.2.2 | Yes |
| Application | grape_project | grape | 0.2.3 | Yes |
| Application | grape_project | grape | 0.2.4 | Yes |
| Application | grape_project | grape | 0.2.5 | Yes |
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