Cross-site scripting - CVE-2013-4492
Published: December 7, 2013 / Updated: August 3, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33102
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4492
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor:
Affected software:
Detailed vulnerability description
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Cross-site scripting attacks.
An input validation error exists in exceptions.rb in the i18n gem before 0.6.6 for Ruby. A remote authenticated attacker can trick the victim to follow a 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-2013-4492
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Sources
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00093.html
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/12/3/Rails_3_2_16_and_4_0_2_have_been_released/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2830
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64076
- https://github.com/svenfuchs/i18n/commit/92b57b1e4f84adcdcc3a375278f299274be62445
- https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/pLrh6DUw998/bLFEyIO4k_EJ