CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack 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
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
65.5%
Ruby on Rails is prone to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.807382");
script_version("2024-02-15T05:05:40+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2015-3226");
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_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-15 05:05:40 +0000 (Thu, 15 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-10-13 15:29:55 +0530 (Thu, 13 Oct 2016)");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
script_name("Ruby on Rails Active Support Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability - Linux");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Ruby on Rails is prone to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to error in handling
'ActiveSupport::JSON.encode' method which can lead to an XSS attack.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow a remote
attacker to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted parameters.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Ruby on Rails versions 3.x, 3.0.x,
3.1.x, 3.2.x, 4.1.x before 4.1.11, 4.2.x before 4.2.2 on Linux");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Ruby on Rails 4.2.2, 4.1.11 or later.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/16/17");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/7VlB_pck3hU/3QZrGIaQW6cJ");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Web application abuses");
script_dependencies("gb_rails_consolidation.nasl", "os_detection.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("rails/detected", "Host/runs_unixoide");
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"];
VULN = FALSE;
if( version =~ "^(3\.0|3\.1|3\.2)" || version =~ "^(4\.1)" )
{
if( version_is_less( version: version, test_version: "4.1.11" ) )
{
fix = "4.1.11";
VULN = TRUE;
}
}
else if( version =~ "^(4\.2)" )
{
if( version_is_less( version: version, test_version: "4.2.2" ) )
{
fix = "4.2.2";
VULN = TRUE;
}
}
if( VULN )
{
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version: version, fixed_version: fix, install_path: location );
security_message( data: report, port: port );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );