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…

published March 19, 2013

CVSS
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EPSS
2%
Percentile
79.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01853 · 79.0th percentile
Published
2013-03-19T22:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 MAR 22:00Z
    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…
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