Cross-site Scripting (XSS) The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package ruby-activerecord-2.3  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1304-RUBYACTIVERECORD23-610326
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed7 Dec 2013

Introduced: 7 Dec 2013

CVE-2013-6416  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:13.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby-activerecord-2.3 package and not the ruby-activerecord-2.3 package as distributed by Ubuntu.

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.