CVE-2009-4214
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the strip_tags function in Ruby on Rails before 2.2.s, and 2.3.x before 2.3.5, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors
02 Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the strip_tags function in Ruby on Rails before 2.2.s, and 2.3.x before 2.3.5, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.02% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 87.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2009-12-07 17:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 06:54Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-12-07
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- d591d6ed4ea39b44332c1c1c9b2684102c9eeef565fd9013c4b15c63bc3469e1
05 Affected products
06 References
- groups.google.com[rubyonrails-security] 20091127 XSS Weakness in strip_tagshttp://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/browse_thread/thread/4d4f71f2aef4c0ab?pli=1
- secunia.com37446http://secunia.com/advisories/37446
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-3352http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3352
- www.debian.orgDSA-2301http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2301
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2010-03-29-1http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
- weblog.rubyonrails.orghttp://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2009/11/30/ruby-on-rails-2-3-5-released
- www.securityfocus.com37142http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37142
- www.debian.orgDSA-2260http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2260
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20091127 CVE request: ruby on rails XSS Weakness in strip_tagshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/27/2
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2010:006http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
- www.securitytracker.com1023245http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023245
- secunia.com38915http://secunia.com/advisories/38915
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20091208 Re: CVE request: ruby on rails XSS Weakness in strip_tagshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/08/3
- github.comhttp://github.com/rails/rails/commit/bfe032858077bb2946abe25e95e485ba6da86bd5
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- rails Fixed in 2.2.3-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- rails Fixed in 2.2.3-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- rails Fixed in 2.2.3-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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