GSD-2013-4492

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2013-12-03 00:00
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The HTML exception message raised by I18n::MissingTranslation fails to escape the keys.
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CVE-2013-4492
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    "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.",
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      "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0320",
      "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2015:1100",
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      "lastModifiedDate": "2023-02-13T04:47Z",
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}



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