Cross-site scripting in will_paginate gem for Ruby - CVE-2013-6459
Published: February 21, 2018 / Updated: February 27, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10730
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-6459
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Ruby
Affected software:
will_paginate gem for Ruby
will_paginate gem for Ruby
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.
The weakness exists due to an input validation error in the will_paginate gem before 3.0.5 for Ruby. A remote authenticated attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-6459
Update to version 3.0.5.