CVE-2009-4214
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2009-4214 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2009-12-07 17:30:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC |
| Description | Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the strip_tags function in Ruby on Rails before 2.2.s, and 2.3.x before 2.3.5, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving non-printing ASCII characters, related to HTML::Tokenizer and actionpack/lib/action_controller/vendor/html-scanner/html/node.rb. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
PartialAvailability
NoneAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Rubyonrails | Rails | 0.10.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubyonrails | Rails | 0.10.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubyonrails | Rails | 0.11.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubyonrails | Rails | 0.11.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubyonrails | Rails | 0.12.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubyonrails | Rails | 0.12.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubyonrails | Rails | 0.13.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubyonrails | Rails | 0.13.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubyonrails | Rails | 0.14.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubyonrails | Rails | 0.14.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubyonrails | Rails | 0.14.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubyonrails | Rails | 0.14.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubyonrails | Rails | 0.9.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubyonrails | Rails | 0.9.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubyonrails | Rails | 0.9.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubyonrails | Rails | 0.9.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubyonrails | Rails | 0.9.4.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubyonrails | Rails | 1.0.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubyonrails | Rails | 1.1.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubyonrails | Rails | 1.1.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubyonrails | Rails | 1.1.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubyonrails | Rails | 1.1.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubyonrails | Rails | 1.1.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubyonrails | Rails | 1.1.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubyonrails | Rails | 1.1.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubyonrails | Rails | 1.2.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubyonrails | Rails | 1.2.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubyonrails | Rails | 1.2.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubyonrails | Rails | 1.2.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubyonrails | Rails | 1.2.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubyonrails | Rails | 1.2.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubyonrails | Rails | 1.2.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubyonrails | Rails | 1.9.5 | All | All | All |
| 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 | 2.3.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubyonrails | Rails | 2.3.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubyonrails | Rails | 2.3.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubyonrails | Ruby On Rails | 0.5.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubyonrails | Ruby On Rails | 0.5.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubyonrails | Ruby On Rails | 0.5.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubyonrails | Ruby On Rails | 0.5.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubyonrails | Ruby On Rails | 0.6.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubyonrails | Ruby On Rails | 0.6.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubyonrails | Ruby On Rails | 0.7.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubyonrails | Ruby On Rails | 0.8.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubyonrails | Ruby On Rails | 0.8.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubyonrails | Ruby On Rails | 0.9.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubyonrails | Ruby On Rails | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riding Rails: Ruby on Rails 2.3.5 Released | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | weblog.rubyonrails.org | |
| [security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:006 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| SecurityTracker.com Archives - Ruby on Rails Input Validation Flaw in strip_tags() Permits Cross-Site Scripting Attacks | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securitytracker.com | |
| APPLE-SA-2010-03-29-1 Security Update 2010-002 / Mac OS X v10.6.3 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.apple.com | |
| XSS Weakness in strip_tags - Ruby on Rails: Security | Google Groups | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | groups.google.com | |
| oss-security - Re: CVE request: ruby on rails XSS Weakness in strip_tags | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.openwall.com | |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| oss-security - CVE request: ruby on rails XSS Weakness in strip_tags | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.openwall.com | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2260-1 rails | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | |
| Ruby on Rails 'strip_tags()' Non-Printable Character Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | Patch |
| About the security content of Security Update 2010-002 / Mac OS X v10.6.3 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | support.apple.com | |
| SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Community | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Ruby on Rails "strip_tags" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2301-1 rails | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | |
| Commit bfe032858077bb2946abe25e95e485ba6da86bd5 to rails's rails - GitHub | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | github.com | Patch |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
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