Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting ruby193-rubygem-actionpack package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.85% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-RUBY193RUBYGEMACTIONPACK-9839503
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed18 Mar 2013

Introduced: 18 Mar 2013

CVE-2013-1857  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 ruby193-rubygem-actionpack.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby193-rubygem-actionpack package and not the ruby193-rubygem-actionpack package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

The sanitize helper in lib/action_controller/vendor/html-scanner/html/sanitizer.rb in the Action Pack component in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.18, 3.0.x and 3.1.x before 3.1.12, and 3.2.x before 3.2.13 does not properly handle encoded : (colon) characters in URLs, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted scheme name, as demonstrated by including a : sequence.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1