CVE-2013-1857

rubygem-actionpack: sanitize_protocol: XSS Vulnerability in the helper of Ruby on Rails

Published Mar 19, 2013 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 1.9% KEV · Not listed
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 does not properly handle encoded : (colon) characters in URLs, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted scheme name, as demonstrated by including a : sequence.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2655-1 rails security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-0258 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 does not properly handle encoded : (colon) characters in URLs, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted scheme name, as demonstrated by including a : sequence.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-j838-vfpq-fmf2 actionpack Cross-site Scripting vulnerability
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 3:20 PM
Reserved
Feb 19, 2013, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 19, 2013, 10:55 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:52 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Mar 18, 2013, 12:00 AM