CVE-2009-3009

Summary

CVECVE-2009-3009
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-09-08 18:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionCross-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-79 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Rubyonrails Rails 2.0.0 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 2.0.0 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 2.0.0 rc2 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 2.0.1 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 2.0.2 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 2.0.4 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 2.1.0 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 2.1.1 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 2.1.2 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 2.2.0 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 2.2.1 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 2.2.2 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 2.3.2 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 2.3.3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:017 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
#545063 - Security fixes (incl. CVE-2009-3009) - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1887-1 rails af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Ruby on Rails Form Helpers Unicode String Handling Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
XSS Vulnerability in Ruby on Rails - Ruby on Rails: Security | Google Groups af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 groups.google.com Patch
www.osvdb.org/57666 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
APPLE-SA-2010-03-29-1 Security Update 2010-002 / Mac OS X v10.6.3 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
Ruby on Rails Unicode Input Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Ruby on Rails Input Validation Flaw in Form Helpers Permits Cross-Site Scripting Attacks - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Patch
Debian update for rails - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
About the security content of Security Update 2010-002 / Mac OS X v10.6.3 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
Riding Rails: XSS Vulnerability in Ruby on Rails af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 weblog.rubyonrails.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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