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Server side cross-site scripting In actionpack

Description

actionpack vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/translation_helper.rb in the internationalization component in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.16 and 4.x before 4.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted string that triggers generation of a fallback string by the i18n gem.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem
Component
Affected version
Patched versions

Aliases

1. CVE-2013-44912. NVD-2013-44913. OSV-2013-44914. GHSA-699m-mcjm-9cw85. GCVE-2013-4491

References

1. https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2013-4491.yml2. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ruby-security-ann/pLrh6DUw9983. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1794.html4. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0008.html5. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1863.html6. http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/12/3/Rails_3_2_16_and_4_0_2_have_been_released7. http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2888

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