gsd-2013-4492
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2013-12-03 00:00
Details
The HTML exception message raised by I18n::MissingTranslation fails to escape the keys.
Aliases
Aliases
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.",
    "id": "GSD-2013-4492",
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      "https://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2830",
      "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0380",
      "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0320",
      "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2015:1100",
      "https://advisories.mageia.org/CVE-2013-4492.html"
    ]
  },
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      "modified": "2013-12-03T00:00:00.000Z",
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      },
      "lastModifiedDate": "2023-02-13T04:47Z",
      "publishedDate": "2013-12-07T00:55Z"
    }
  }
}


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