PT-2021-8345 · Rails · Rails

Torben Schulz · Published 2021-10-19 · Updated 2022-04-22 · CVE-2011-1497

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Rails versions prior to 3.0.6

Description A cross-site scripting issue was found in the auto link function. This affects the ability to properly handle user input, potentially leading to malicious script execution.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.0.6, update to version 3.0.6 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the auto link function until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-1497

GHSA-Q58J-FMVF-9RQ6

Affected Products

Rails

References · 9

• 🔥 https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2011-1497.yml · Exploit
• 🔥 https://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/06/13 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1497 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-q58j-fmvf-9rq6 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/rails/rails · Note
• https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/ab764ecbfea31a3b14323283287e2fc80955ace6 · Note
• https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/38df020c95beca7e12f0188cb7e18f3c37789e20/actionpack/CHANGELOG · Note
• https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/61ee3449674c591747db95f9b3472c5c3bd9e84d · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/30799 · Telegram Post