CVE-2013-6416

NameCVE-2013-6416
DescriptionCross-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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs731290

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
rails (PTS)bullseye (security), bullseye2:6.0.3.7+dfsg-2+deb11u2fixed
bookworm2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-2~deb12u1fixed
trixie, sid2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-4fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
railssource(unstable)(not affected)
rails-4.0source(unstable)4.0.2+dfsg-1731290
ruby-actionpack-2.3source(unstable)(not affected)
ruby-actionpack-3.2source(unstable)(not affected)

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

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