CVE-2013-1857
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Mar 19, 2013
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Feb 19, 2013
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- APPLE-SA-2013-10-22-5vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0019vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0662vendor-advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5784
- RHSA-2013:0698vendor-advisory
- APPLE-SA-2013-06-04-1vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0661vendor-advisory
- [rubyonrails-security] 20130318 [CVE-2013-1857] XSS Vulnerability in the `sanitize` helper of Ruby on Railsmailing-list
- RHSA-2014:1863vendor-advisory
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/3/18/SEC-ANN-Rails-3-2-13-3-1-12-and-2-3-18-have-been-released/
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