Name | CVE-2013-6416 |
Description | Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the simple_format helper in actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/text_helper.rb in Ruby on Rails 4.x before 4.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted HTML attribute. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Debian Bugs | 731290 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
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rails (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 2:6.0.3.7+dfsg-2+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-2~deb12u1 | fixed |
| trixie, sid | 2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
- ruby-actionpack-3.2 <not-affected> (vulnerable code not present)
- ruby-actionpack-2.3 <not-affected> (vulnerable code not present)
- rails <not-affected> (vulnerable code not present)
Starting with 2.3.14.1 rails is a transition package