CVE-2013-6415

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Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the number_to_currency helper in actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/number_h

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the number_to_currency helper in actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/number_helper.rb in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.16 and 4.x before 4.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the unit parameter.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 0.01506

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No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence

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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

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Affected Packages

Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.

RubyGems actionpack MODERATE fixed in 3.2.16

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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 NVD07 Dec 2013 · 12:55 AM

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Vendor Advisories

rhsaRHSA-2014:1863Important
rhsaRHSA-2014:0008Important
rhsaRHSA-2013:1794Important

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00079.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00080.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00081.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00082.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00003.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00013.html

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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1794.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0008.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1863.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/56093

http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/12/3/Rails_3_2_16_and_4_0_2_have_been_released/PatchVendor Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2888

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64077

https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/9WiRn2nhfq0/2K2KRB4LwCMJ

https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-6415

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