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CVE-2013-6459: XSS vulnerabiliy in generated pagination links

December 31, 2013 (updated February 22, 2018)

The package will_paginate generate pagination links without escaping result. If user-controlled data is sent to will_paginate, there is a potential XSS vulnerability.

References

  • groups.google.com/forum/

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 3.0.5

Fixed versions

  • 3.0.5

Solution

Upgrade to latest.

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/will_paginate/CVE-2013-6459.yml

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