VDB
DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1857
DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1857
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL
The sanitize helper in lib/action_controller/vendor/html-scanner/html/sanitizer.rb in the Action Pack component in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.18, 3.0.x and 3.1.x before 3.1.12, and 3.2.x before 3.2.13 does not properly handle encoded : (colon) characters in URLs, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted scheme name, as demonstrated by including a : sequence.
Risk Scores
CVSS 4.0
9.300000190734863
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Debian:13 | rails | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:12 | rails | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:11 | rails | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:14 | rails | 0, 0, 0 |
Exploit Intelligence
- .bundler-audit.yml (github-poc)
- .bundler-audit.yml (github-poc)
- .bundler-audit.yml (github-poc)
- .bundler-audit.yml (github-poc)
- .bundler-audit.yml (github-poc)
- .bundler-audit.yml (github-poc)
- .bundler-audit.yml (github-poc)
- .bundler-audit.yml (github-poc)
- .bundler-audit.yml (github-poc)
- .bundler-audit.yml (github-poc)
…and 5 more exploits
Timeline
- Mar 19, 2013 CVE Published
- Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated