Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the simple_format helper in actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/text_helper.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.
Published: 2013-12-07
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-0319 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the simple_format helper in actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/text_helper.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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-w37c-q653-qg95 actionpack Cross-site Scripting vulnerability
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Rubyonrails Rails
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T17:39:01.296Z

Reserved: 2013-11-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-6416

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-12-07T00:55:03.740

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

Link: CVE-2013-6416

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2013-12-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2013-6416 - Bugzilla

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