CVE-2013-6415

medium
Published 2013-12-03 · Modified 2024-11-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
4.3
VIR risk
4.3

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the number_to_currency helper in actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/number_helper.rb in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.16 and 4.x before 4.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the unit parameter.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6415

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/12/3/Rails_3_2_16_and_4_0_2_have_been_released/

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed0
debian debianbullseyefixed0
debian debianforkyfixed0
debian debiansidfixed0
debian debiantrixiefixed0

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
ruby RubyGemsactionpack<~> 3.2.16~> 3.2.16
ruby RubyGemsactionpack>=3.0.0,<3.2.163.2.16
ruby RubyGemsactionpack>=4.0.0,<4.0.24.0.2

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
rubyonrailsrails3.0.0
rubyonrailsrails3.0.1
rubyonrailsrails3.0.2
rubyonrailsrails3.0.3
rubyonrailsrails3.0.4
rubyonrailsrails3.0.5
rubyonrailsrails3.0.6
rubyonrailsrails3.0.7
rubyonrailsrails3.0.8
rubyonrailsrails3.0.9
rubyonrailsrails3.0.10
rubyonrailsrails3.0.11
rubyonrailsrails3.0.12
rubyonrailsrails3.0.13
rubyonrailsrails3.0.14
rubyonrailsrails3.0.16
rubyonrailsrails3.0.17
rubyonrailsrails3.0.18
rubyonrailsrails3.0.19
rubyonrailsrails3.0.20
rubyonrailsrails3.1.0
rubyonrailsrails3.1.1
rubyonrailsrails3.1.2
rubyonrailsrails3.1.3
rubyonrailsrails3.1.4
rubyonrailsrails3.1.5
rubyonrailsrails3.1.6
rubyonrailsrails3.1.7
rubyonrailsrails3.1.8
rubyonrailsrails3.1.9
rubyonrailsrails3.1.10
rubyonrailsrails3.2.0
rubyonrailsrails3.2.1
rubyonrailsrails3.2.2
rubyonrailsrails3.2.3
rubyonrailsrails3.2.4
rubyonrailsrails3.2.5
rubyonrailsrails3.2.6
rubyonrailsrails3.2.7
rubyonrailsrails3.2.8
rubyonrailsrails3.2.9
rubyonrailsrails3.2.10
rubyonrailsrails3.2.11
rubyonrailsrails3.2.12
rubyonrailsrails3.2.13
rubyonrailsruby_on_rails{"endIncluding":"3.2.15"}
rubyonrailsruby_on_rails3.0.4
rubyonrailsruby_on_rails3.1.11
rubyonrailsruby_on_rails3.2.14
rubyonrailsruby_on_rails3.2.15
rubyonrailsrails{"endIncluding":"4.0.1"}
rubyonrailsrails4.0.0
rubyonrailsrails4.0.1

References

CWEs

CWE-79

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.