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CVE-2013-1857


The sanitize helper in lib/action_controller/vendor/html-scanner/html/sanitizer.rb in the Action Pack component in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.18, 3.0.x and 3.1.x before 3.1.12, and 3.2.x before 3.2.13 does not properly handle encoded : (colon) characters in URLs, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted scheme name, as demonstrated by including a : sequence.


Published

2013-03-19T22:55:01.087

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: NONE
Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-79

Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux 6.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 0.9.1 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 0.9.2 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 0.9.3 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 0.9.4 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 0.9.4.1 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 0.10.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 0.10.1 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 0.11.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 0.11.1 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 0.12.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 0.12.1 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 0.13.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 0.13.1 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 0.14.1 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 0.14.2 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 0.14.3 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 0.14.4 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 1.0.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 1.1.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 1.1.1 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 1.1.2 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 1.1.3 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 1.1.4 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 1.1.5 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 1.1.6 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 1.2.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 1.2.1 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 1.2.2 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 1.2.3 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 1.2.4 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 1.2.5 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 1.2.6 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 1.9.5 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 2.0.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 2.0.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 2.0.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 2.0.1 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 2.0.2 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 2.0.4 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 2.1.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 2.1.1 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 2.1.2 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 2.2.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 2.2.1 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 2.2.2 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 2.3.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 2.3.1 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 2.3.2 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 2.3.3 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 2.3.4 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 2.3.9 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 2.3.10 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 2.3.11 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 2.3.12 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 2.3.13 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 2.3.14 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 2.3.15 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 2.3.16 Yes
Application rubyonrails ruby_on_rails ≤ 2.3.17 Yes
Application rubyonrails ruby_on_rails 0.5.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails ruby_on_rails 0.5.5 Yes
Application rubyonrails ruby_on_rails 0.5.6 Yes
Application rubyonrails ruby_on_rails 0.5.7 Yes
Application rubyonrails ruby_on_rails 0.6.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails ruby_on_rails 0.6.5 Yes
Application rubyonrails ruby_on_rails 0.7.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails ruby_on_rails 0.8.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails ruby_on_rails 0.8.5 Yes
Application rubyonrails ruby_on_rails 0.9.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.1 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.1 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.2 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.2 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.3 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.4 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.5 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.5 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.6 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.6 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.6 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.7 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.7 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.7 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.8 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.8 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.8 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.8 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.8 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.9 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.9 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.9 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.9 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.9 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.9 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.10 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.10 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.11 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.12 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.12 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.13 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.13 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.14 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.16 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.17 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.18 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.19 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.0.20 Yes
Application rubyonrails ruby_on_rails 3.0.4 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.1 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.1 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.1 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.1 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.2 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.2 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.2 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.3 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.4 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.4 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.5 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.5 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.6 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.7 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.8 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.9 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.1.10 Yes
Application rubyonrails ruby_on_rails 3.1.11 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.0 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.1 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.2 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.2 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.3 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.3 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.3 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.4 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.4 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.5 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.6 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.7 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.8 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.9 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.10 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.11 Yes
Application rubyonrails rails 3.2.12 Yes

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