CVE-2009-3009

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Ruby on Rails 2.x before 2.2.3, and 2.3.x before 2.3.4, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by placing malformed Unicode strings into a form helper.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.63% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36278 vdb entry
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2009/9/4/xss-vulnerability-in-ruby-on-rails
http://secunia.com/advisories/36600 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2544 patch vendor advisory vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53036 vdb entry
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1887 vendor advisory
http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/7f57cd7794e1d1b4?dmode=source patch mailing list
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=545063
http://www.osvdb.org/57666 vdb entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022824 patch vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/36717 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-3009?
CVE-2009-3009 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-3009?
To fix CVE-2009-3009, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2009-3009 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2009-3009 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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