CVE-2011-0446

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the mail_to helper in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.11, and 3.x before 3.0.4, when javascript encoding is used, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted (1) name or (2) email value.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.67% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0587 vdb entry
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055088.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46291 vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2247 vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057650.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43274 third party advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025064 vdb entry
http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/365b8a23b76a6b4a?dmode=source&output=gplain mailing list patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0877 vdb entry
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055074.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43666 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-0446?
CVE-2011-0446 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-0446?
To fix CVE-2011-0446, 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-2011-0446 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2011-0446 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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