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medium 4.3

CVE-2013-4492 json

i18n gem Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

published 12y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-r5hc-9xx5-97rw , EUVD-2017-0296

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 exceptions.rb in the i18n gem before 0.6.6 for Ruby allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted I18n::MissingTranslationData.new call.

Patch / fix

  • rubygems i18n 0.6.6
  • ruby-i18n Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.6.9-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4492

  • wmi cloudforms managementengine 5.9 1.3.14-7.el7cf
  • cfme cloudforms managementengine 5.9 5.9.0.22-1.el7cf
  • smem cloudforms managementengine 5.9 1.4-1.el7cf
  • nginx cloudforms managementengine 5.9 1:1.10.2-1.el7at
  • erlang cloudforms managementengine 5.9 19.0.4-1.el7at
  • prince cloudforms managementengine 5.9 9.0r2-10.el7cf
  • ansible cloudforms managementengine 5.9 2.4.3.0-1.el7ae
  • freeipmi cloudforms managementengine 5.9 1.5.1-2.el7cf

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:0380RHSA-2017:0320RHBA-2015:1100

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2013-4492 updated cvss 4.3

rubygem-i18n: cross-site scripting flaw in exception handling

  • Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 1 ruby193-rubygem-i18n Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 ruby193-rubygem-i18n Red Hat OpenStack Platform 3 ruby193-rubygem-i18n Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4 ruby193-rubygem-i18n Red Hat Software Collections ror40-rubygem-i18n, ruby193-rubygem-i18n Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager rubygem-i18n, ruby193-rubygem-i18n
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 5.4 wmi 1.3.14-1.el6cf, cfme 5.4.0.5-1.el6cf, lshw B.02.16-4.el6cf, prince 9.0r2-4.el6cf, libdnet 1.12-11.el6cf, pyliblzma 0.5.3-7.el6cf, +21 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHBA-2015:1100
  • Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 5.7 cfme 5.7.1.3-1.el7cf, cfme-gemset 5.7.1.3-1.el7cf, cfme-appliance 5.7.1.3-1.el7cf
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0320
  • Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 5.9 smem 1.4-1.el7cf, wmi 1.3.14-7.el7cf, nginx 1.10.2-1.el7at, cfme 5.9.0.22-1.el7cf, dumb-init 1.2.0-1.el7, erlang 19.0.4-1.el7at, +69 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0380

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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 i18n
<0.6.6
0.6.6

Classification

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

References

Sources

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