CVE-2013-4492 (GCVE-0-2013-4492)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-12-07 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 16:45
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Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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References
Date Public
2013-12-03 00:00
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