CVE-2013-6417

actionpack/lib/actiondispatch/http/request.rb in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.16 and 4.x before 4.0.2 does not properly consider differences in parameter handling between the Active Record component and the JSON implementation, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended database-query...

CVE-2013-4491

Cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability in actionpack/lib/actionview/helpers/translationhelper.rb in the internationalization component in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.16 and 4.x before 4.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted string that triggers generati...

CVE-2013-6416

Cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability in the simpleformat helper in actionpack/lib/actionview/helpers/texthelper.rb in Ruby on Rails 4.x before 4.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted HTML attribute...

CVE-2013-6415

Cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability in the numbertocurrency helper in actionpack/lib/actionview/helpers/numberhelper.rb in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.16 and 4.x before 4.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the unit parameter...

CVE-2013-6416

Cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability in the simpleformat helper in actionpack/lib/actionview/helpers/texthelper.rb in Ruby on Rails 4.x before 4.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted HTML attribute...

Improper Input Validation

actionpack/lib/actionview/lookupcontext.rb in Action View in Ruby on Rails allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service memory consumption via a header containing an invalid MIME type that leads to excessive caching...

CVE-2013-6414

actionpack/lib/actionview/lookupcontext.rb in Action View in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.16 and 4.x before 4.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service memory consumption via a header containing an invalid MIME type that leads to excessive caching...

CVE-2013-4491

Cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability in actionpack/lib/actionview/helpers/translationhelper.rb in the internationalization component in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.16 and 4.x before 4.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted string that triggers generati...

CVE-2013-6417

actionpack/lib/actiondispatch/http/request.rb in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.16 and 4.x before 4.0.2 does not properly consider differences in parameter handling between the Active Record component and the JSON implementation, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended database-query...

Reflective XSS Vulnerability

There is a vulnerability in the internationalisation component of Ruby on Rails. When the i18n gem is unable to provide a translation for a given string, it creates a fallback HTML string. Under certain common configurations this string can contain user input which would allow an attacker to...

rubygem-actionpack: i18n missing translation XSS

It was discovered that the internationalization component of Ruby on Rails could, under certain circumstances, return a fallback HTML string that contained user input. A remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to perform a reflective cross-site scripting XSS attack by providing a specially...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: ruby193-rubygem-actionpack security update

Updated ruby193-rubygem-actionpack packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Software Collections 1. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detail...

Ruby on Rails Action View MIME Memory Exhaustion

This module exploits a Denial of Service DoS condition in Action View that requires a controller action. By sending a specially crafted content-type header to a Rails application, it is possible for it to store the invalid MIME type, and may eventually consume all memory if enough invalid MIMEs a...

XSS Vulnerability in simple_format helper

There is a vulnerability in the simpleformat helper in Ruby on Rails. The simpleformat helper converts user supplied text into html text which is intended to be safe for display. A change made to the implementation of this helper means that any user provided HTML attributes will not be escaped...

Reflective XSS Vulnerability in Ruby on Rails

There is a vulnerability in the internationalization component of Ruby on Rails. Under certain common configurations an attacker can provide specially crafted input which will execute a reflective XSS attack. The root cause of this issue is a vulnerability in the i18n gem which has been assigned...

XSS Vulnerability in number_to_currency

There is an XSS vulnerability in the numbertocurrency helper in Ruby on Raile. The numbertocurrency helper allows users to nicely format a numeric value. One of the parameters to the helper unit is not escaped correctly. Applications which pass user controlled data as the unit parameter are...

Thousands of websites based on Ruby on Rails vulnerable to Cookie Handling flaw

Ruby on Rails contains a flaw in its design that may allow attackers to more easily access applications. Websites that rely on Ruby on Rails's default cookie storage mechanism CookieStore are at risk. The vulnerability was actually reported two months ago, but still thousands of website are runni...

Thousands of websites based on Ruby on Rails vulnerable to Cookie Handling flaw

Ruby on Rails contains a flaw in its design that may allow attackers to more easily access applications. Websites that rely on Ruby on Rails’s default cookie storage mechanism CookieStore are at risk. The vulnerability was actually reported two months ago, but still thousands of website are runni...

Nearly 2000 Sites Vulnerable to Ruby on Rails Cookie Problem

A lingering security issue in Ruby on Rails that stems from a setting in the framework’s cookie-based storage mechanism is still present in almost 2,000 websites. Sites using an old version of Ruby on Rails that relies on CookieStore, the framework’s default cookie storage mechanism, are at risk...

Ruby on Rails JSON Processor Floating Point Heap Overflow DoS

When Ruby attempts to convert a string representation of a large floating point decimal number to its floating point equivalent, a heap-based buffer overflow can be triggered. This module has been tested successfully on a Ruby on Rails application using Ruby version 1.9.3-p448 with WebRick and Th...