CVE - CVE-2013-1857

CVE-ID
CVE-2013-1857	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
APPLE:APPLE-SA-2013-06-04-1 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Jun/msg00000.html APPLE:APPLE-SA-2013-10-22-5 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00006.html CONFIRM:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5784 CONFIRM:http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/3/18/SEC-ANN-Rails-3-2-13-3-1-12-and-2-3-18-have-been-released/ MLIST:[rubyonrails-security] 20130318 [CVE-2013-1857] XSS Vulnerability in the `sanitize` helper of Ruby on Rails URL:https://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/78b9817a5943f6d6?dmode=source&output=gplain REDHAT:RHSA-2013:0698 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0698.html REDHAT:RHSA-2014:1863 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1863.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2013:0661 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00072.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2013:0662 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00073.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2014:0019 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00013.html
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20130219	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20130219)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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