CVE-2011-2931

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Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the strip_tags helper in actionpack/lib/action_controller/vendor/html-scanne

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the strip_tags helper in actionpack/lib/action_controller/vendor/html-scanner/html/node.rb in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.13, 3.0.x before 3.0.10, and 3.1.x before 3.1.0.rc5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a tag with an invalid name.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 0.00813

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Weakness Classification

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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Affected Products & Versions

rubyonrails railsall versions

rubyonrails ruby on railsall versions

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Affected Packages

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RubyGems actionpack MODERATE fixed in 2.3.13

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productmediumRuby on Rails Framework Exceptions

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Scoring & Timeline

4.3

MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com

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v2 Vector

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

Published to NVD29 Aug 2011 · 06:55 PM

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References & Sources

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http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/fd41ab62966e0fd1?dmode=source&output=gplainPatch

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065109.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065137.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065212.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/45921

http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2011/8/16/ann-rails-3-1-0-rc6Patch

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http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2301

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/17/1Patch

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/19/11Patch

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/20/1Patch

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/13Patch

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/14

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/5Patch

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=731436Patch

https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/586a944ddd4d03e66dea1093306147594748037aPatch

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