GHSA-8QRH-H9M2-5FVF

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2017-10-24 18:33 – Updated: 2025-04-09 19:51
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Summary
Cross site scripting that affects rails
Details

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Ruby on Rails 2.x before 2.2.3, and 2.3.x before 2.3.4, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by placing malformed Unicode strings into a form helper.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "RubyGems",
        "name": "actionpack"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "2.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.2.3"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "RubyGems",
        "name": "actionpack"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
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            {
              "introduced": "2.3.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.3.4"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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        "name": "activesupport"
      },
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        {
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            {
              "introduced": "2.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.2.3"
            }
          ],
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        }
      ]
    },
    {
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        "name": "activesupport"
      },
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        {
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            {
              "introduced": "2.3.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.3.4"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2009-3009"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-79"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T21:26:29Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2009-09-08T18:30:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Ruby on Rails 2.x before 2.2.3, and 2.3.x before 2.3.4, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by placing malformed Unicode strings into a form helper.",
  "id": "GHSA-8qrh-h9m2-5fvf",
  "modified": "2025-04-09T19:51:09Z",
  "published": "2017-10-24T18:33:38Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3009"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53036"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8qrh-h9m2-5fvf"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/activesupport/CVE-2009-3009.yml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=545063"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/7f57cd7794e1d1b4?dmode=source"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/36600"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/36717"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://securitytracker.com/id?1022824"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2009/9/4/xss-vulnerability-in-ruby-on-rails"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1887"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.osvdb.org/57666"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36278"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2544"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [],
  "summary": "Cross site scripting that affects rails"
}


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