CVE-2013-6415: XSS Vulnerability in number_to_currency

December 6, 2013 (updated August 8, 2019)

The number_to_currency helper allows users to nicely format a numeric value. The unit parameter is not escaped correctly. Application which pass user controlled data as the unit parameter are vulnerable to an XSS attack.

References

seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/402

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