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medium 4.3

CVE-2013-4491 json

actionpack vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

published 12y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-699m-mcjm-9cw8 , EUVD-2017-0173

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.2%
EPSS 2.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/translation_helper.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 generation of a fallback string by the i18n gem.

Patch / fix

  • rubygems actionpack 3.2.16, 4.0.2
  • ruby193-rubygem-actionpack RHEL 1 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS, openstack 3 1:3.2.8-5.1.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2014:0008RHSA-2013:1794

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2013-4491 updated cvss 4.3

rubygem-actionpack: i18n missing translation XSS

  • Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 5 ruby193-rubygem-actionpack Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 1 ruby193-rubygem-actionpack
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Satellite 6 ruby193-rubygem-actionpack Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager rubygem-actionpack
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 3.0 ruby193-rubygem-actionpack 3.2.8-5.1.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0008
  • Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) ruby193-rubygem-actionpack 3.2.8-5.1.el6 Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) ruby193-rubygem-actionpack 3.2.8-5.1.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1794
  • Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager for RHEL 6 Server katello 1.4.3.28-1.el6sam_splice, ruby193-rubygem-i18n 0.6.9-1.el6sam, ruby193-rubygem-mail 2.5.4-1.el6sam, ruby193-rubygem-rack 1.4.5-3.el6sam, ruby193-rubygem-rails 3.2.17-1.el6sam, katello-common 1.4.3.28-1.el6sam_splice, +11 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1863
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4 ruby193-rubygem-actionpack Red Hat Software Collections ror40-rubygem-actionpack
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

2.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
rubygems actionpack
>=3.0.0, <3.2.16
>=4.0.0, <4.0.2
3.2.16
4.0.2

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
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References

Sources

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