01 Record
CVE-2011-2197
The cross-site scripting (XSS) prevention feature in Ruby on Rails 2.x before 2.3.12, 3.0.x before 3.0.8, and 3.1.x before 3.1.0.rc2 does not properly handle mutation of safe buffers, which makes it
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The cross-site scripting (XSS) prevention feature in Ruby on Rails 2.x before 2.3.12, 3.0.x before 3.0.8, and 3.1.x before 3.1.0.rc2 does not properly handle mutation of safe buffers, which makes it
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
- 1.96% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 80.1% 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
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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
- 2011-06-30 15:26Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 22:53Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-05-31
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- 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
- 213eb02906f94835c8dc002f5ac14005b4c227b2640a8ab8f8c078ced4f7d198
05 Affected products
06 References
- groups.google.com[rubyonrails-security] 20110607 Potential XSS Vulnerability in Ruby on Rails Applicationshttp://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/663b600d4471e0d4?dmode=source&output=gplain
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-8494http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/062090.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-8580http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/062514.html
- weblog.rubyonrails.orghttp://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2011/6/8/potential-xss-vulnerability-in-ruby-on-rails-applications
- secunia.com44789http://secunia.com/advisories/44789
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20110609 CVE Request: Ruby on Rails 3/rails_xss XSShttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/09/2
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20110613 Re: CVE Request: Ruby on Rails 3/rails_xss XSShttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/13/9