CVE-2010-1330

Public Exploit

Description

The regular expression engine in JRuby before 1.4.1, when $KCODE is set to 'u', does not properly handle characters immediately after a UTF-8 character, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted string.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.43%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory jruby.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=750306
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1456.html vendor advisory
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=317435
http://www.osvdb.org/77297 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/46891 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.jruby.org/2010/04/26/jruby-1-4-1-xss-vulnerability.html exploit patch vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80277 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-1330?
CVE-2010-1330 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-1330?
To fix CVE-2010-1330, 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-2010-1330 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-1330 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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