CVE-2011-4319
mediumpriority · track · 18EPSS 0.016 · 75 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the i18n translations helper method in Ruby on Rails 3.0.x before 3.0.11 and 3.1.x before 3.1.2, and the rails_xss plugin in Ruby on Rails 2.3.x, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to a translations string whose name ends with an "html" substring.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.7–4.3
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affected products (24)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-xxr8-833v-c7wcCross-site Scripting vulnerability in i18n translations helper method2017-10-24ghsa · osvUS
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the i18n translations helper method in Ruby on Rails 3.0.x before 3.0.11 and 3.1.x before 3.1.2, and the rails_xss plugin in Ruby on Rails 2.3.x, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to a translations string whose name ends with an "html" substring.
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references (27)
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- http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/browse_thread/thread/2b61d70fb73c7cc5?pli=1cnnvd
- http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/c65c24fbc4b6dd82?dmode=source&output=gplaincnnvd
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/18/8cnnvd
- http://osvdb.org/77199cnnvd
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2011/11/18/rails-3-0-11-has-been-releasedcnnvd
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2011/11/18/rails-3-1-2-has-been-releasedcnnvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026342cnnvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71364cnnvd
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