Cross-site scripting in jruby - CVE-2010-1330
Published: November 23, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43308
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-2010-1330
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: jruby
Affected software:
jruby
jruby
Detailed vulnerability description
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. The vulnerability allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted string.
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-2010-1330
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Sources
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1456.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46891
- http://www.jruby.org/2010/04/26/jruby-1-4-1-xss-vulnerability.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/77297
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=317435
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=750306
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80277