CVE-2013-4492
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.3
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in exceptions.rb in the i18n gem before 0.6.6 for Ruby allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted I18n::MissingTranslationData.new call.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0.6.9-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0.6.9-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0.6.9-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0.6.9-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0.6.9-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| i18n_project | i18n | {"endIncluding":"0.6.5"} | |
References
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ruby-security-ann/pLrh6DUw998
- 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
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4492
- https://github.com/ruby-i18n/i18n/commit/92b57b1e4f84adcdcc3a375278f299274be62445
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2015:1100
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0320
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0380
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4492
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1039435
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r5hc-9xx5-97rw
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/i18n/CVE-2013-4492.yml
- https://github.com/svenfuchs/i18n
- https://web.archive.org/web/20201208125214/https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/pLrh6DUw998/bLFEyIO4k_EJ
- https://web.archive.org/web/20210731082547/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64076
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/12/3/Rails_3_2_16_and_4_0_2_have_been_released
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4492
CWEs
CWE-79
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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