5.4 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
0.004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
71.8%
Ruby on Rails is prone to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:rubyonrails:rails";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.802115");
script_version("2023-07-28T05:05:23+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-28 05:05:23 +0000 (Fri, 28 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2011-07-13 17:31:13 +0200 (Wed, 13 Jul 2011)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2011-2197");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
script_name("Ruby on Rails 'Safe Buffer' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Web application abuses");
script_dependencies("gb_rails_consolidation.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("rails/detected");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/44789");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2011/6/8/potential-xss-vulnerability-in-ruby-on-rails-applications");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow attackers to execute arbitrary HTML and
script code in a user's browser session in the context of an affected site.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Ruby on Rails version 2.x before 2.3.12, 3.0.x before 3.0.8 and
3.1.x before 3.1.0.rc2.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to certain methods not properly handling the
'HTML safe' mark for strings, which can lead to improperly sanitised input being returned to the user.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Ruby on Rails version 2.3.12 or 3.0.8 or 3.1.0.rc2 or later. Apply the patch for Ruby on Rails versions 3.1.0.rc1, 3.0.7 and 2.3.11.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Ruby on Rails is prone to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include( "version_func.inc" );
include( "host_details.inc" );
if( isnull( port = get_app_port( cpe: CPE ) ) )
exit( 0 );
if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE ) )
exit( 0 );
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if(version_in_range( version: version, test_version: "2.0", test_version2: "2.3.11" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version: version, fixed_version: "2.3.12", install_path: location );
security_message( data: report, port: port );
exit( 0 );
}
if( version_in_range( version: version, test_version: "3.0", test_version2: "3.0.7" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version: version, fixed_version: "3.0.8", install_path: location );
security_message( data: report, port: port );
exit( 0 );
}
if( version_in_range( version: version, test_version: "3.1", test_version2: "3.1.0.rc1" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version: version, fixed_version:"3.1.0.rc2", install_path: location );
security_message( data: report, port: port );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );