Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the strip_tags helper in actionpack/lib/action_controller/vendor/html-scanner/html/node.rb in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.13, 3.0.x before 3.0.10, and 3.1.x before 3.1.0.rc5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a tag with an invalid name.
Published: 2011-08-29
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2301-1 rails security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2301-2 rails regression
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-0310 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the strip_tags helper in actionpack/lib/action_controller/vendor/html-scanner/html/node.rb in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.13, 3.0.x before 3.0.10, and 3.1.x before 3.1.0.rc5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a tag with an invalid name.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-v5jg-558j-q67c actionpack Cross-site Scripting vulnerability
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Rubyonrails Rails Ruby On Rails
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T23:15:31.957Z

Reserved: 2011-07-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-2931

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Status : Modified

Published: 2011-08-29T18:55:01.503

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2011-2931

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