CVE-2014-2538
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in lib/rack/ssl.rb in the rack-ssl gem before 1.4.0 for Ruby allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a URI, which might not be
02 Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in lib/rack/ssl.rb in the rack-ssl gem before 1.4.0 for Ruby allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a URI, which might not be
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
- 2.19% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 81.8% 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 2026-06-17.
- 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
- 2014-03-25 14:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 10:14Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-03-18
- 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
- 6e5f77eb027b25bbd1819a982cbca8be3d9b0e3bb026c3b8ccf8ffe62e448a52
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20140319 Re: CVE Request: rack-ssl rubygem: XSS in error pagehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/19/20
- github.comhttps://github.com/josh/rack-ssl/commit/9d7d7300b907e496db68d89d07fbc2e0df0b487b
- www.securityfocus.com66314http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66314
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2014:0515http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-04/msg00032.html
- secunia.com57466http://secunia.com/advisories/57466
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- ruby-rack-ssl Fixed in 1.3.2-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- ruby-rack-ssl Fixed in 1.3.2-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- ruby-rack-ssl Fixed in 1.3.2-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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