01 Record

CVE-2013-4491

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

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

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

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: 2.23% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 82.2% 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

2013-12-07 00:00Z12 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 16:45Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2013-06-12

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

566c623af34c8fd439318da0a9a18e257fdf4052c74fd3dfad981635a10325c9

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

redhatcloudforms_managementengineNot specified—

redhatopenshiftNot specified—

redhatopenstackNot specified—

redhatrhel_software_collectionsNot specified—

redhatsatelliteNot specified—

rhel_sam1Not specified—

rhel_sam1.4Not specified—

rubyonrailsrailsNot specified—

rubyonrailsruby_on_railsNot specified—

06 References

rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2014:0008http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0008.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:1906http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00081.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
secunia.com57836http://secunia.com/advisories/57836third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2014:0009http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00003.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:1907http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00082.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
www.securityfocus.com64076http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64076vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:1904http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00079.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
groups.google.com[ruby-security-ann] 20131203 [CVE-2013-4491] Reflective XSS Vulnerability in Ruby on Railshttps://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/pLrh6DUw998/bLFEyIO4k_EJmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
weblog.rubyonrails.orghttp://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/12/3/Rails_3_2_16_and_4_0_2_have_been_released/x_refsource_CONFIRM
rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2014:1863http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1863.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2013:1794http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1794.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
www.getchef.comhttp://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/04/09/enterprise-chef-11-1-3-release/x_refsource_CONFIRM
www.debian.orgDSA-2888http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2888vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
puppet.comhttps://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4491x_refsource_CONFIRM