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CVE-2013-4492: Reflective XSS Vulnerability

December 6, 2013 (updated December 30, 2016)

When a translation is missing, the HTML exception message raised does not escape the keys. Under certain common configurations this string can contain user input which would allow an attacker to execute a reflective XSS attack.

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Affected versions

All versions before 0.5.1, all versions starting from 0.6.0 before 0.6.6

Fixed versions

  • 0.5.1
  • 0.6.6

Solution

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Impact 4.3 MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Source file

gem/i18n/CVE-2013-4492.yml

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