Unscored severity · published Mar 19, 2013
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…
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CVSS
1.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.9% · higher than 79% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
6.0 · source: NVD
RA
Rails · Rubyonrails
0.9.1; 0.9.2; 0.9.3; 0.9.4; 0.9.4.1; 0.10.0; +34 more · source: NVD
RO
Ruby ON Rails · Rubyonrails
through 2.3.17; 0.5.0; 0.5.5; 0.5.6; 0.5.7; 0.6.0; +7 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1857
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1857
lists.apple.com
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Jun/msg00000.html
lists.apple.com
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00006.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00072.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00073.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00013.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0698.html
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