CVE-2013-1857
The sanitize helper in lib/action_controller/vendor/html-scanner/html/sanitizer.rb in the Action Pack component in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.18, 3.0.x and 3.1.x before 3.1.12, and 3.2.x before 3.2.13
02 Description
The sanitize helper in lib/action_controller/vendor/html-scanner/html/sanitizer.rb in the Action Pack component in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.18, 3.0.x and 3.1.x before 3.1.12, and 3.2.x before 3.2.13
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
- 1.85% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 78.8% 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
- Moderate. 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
- 2013-03-19 22:00Z13 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 15:20Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2013-02-19
- 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
- f65ce9eb2115641b1e84a8529e0bcee8ce566dbc14ba3fb852c31d23b39ae1f1
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2013-10-22-5http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00006.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2014:0019http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00013.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:0662http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00073.html
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT5784
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2013:0698http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0698.html
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2013-06-04-1http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Jun/msg00000.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:0661http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00072.html
- groups.google.com[rubyonrails-security] 20130318 [CVE-2013-1857] XSS Vulnerability in the `sanitize` helper of Ruby on Railshttps://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/78b9817a5943f6d6?dmode=source&output=gplain
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2014:1863http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1863.html
- weblog.rubyonrails.orghttp://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/3/18/SEC-ANN-Rails-3-2-13-3-1-12-and-2-3-18-have-been-released/
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- rails Fixed in 2.3.14.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- rails Fixed in 2.3.14.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- rails Fixed in 2.3.14.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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