CVE-2011-0446

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-0446
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-02-14 21:00:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionMultiple 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.

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 2.3.10 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 Rails 2.3.9 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.0 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.0 beta All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.0 beta2 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.0 beta3 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.0 beta4 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.0 rc All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.0 rc2 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.1 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.1 pre All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.2 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.2 pre All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.3 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.4 rc1 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Fedora update for rubygem-actionpack - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Ruby on Rails Cross Site Scripting and Cross Request Forgery Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Security Advisory SA43274 - Ruby on Rails Cross-Site Scripting and Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: rubygem-rails-3.0.5-2.fc15 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Google Groups af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 groups.google.com Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 14 Update: rubygem-actionpack-2.3.8-3.fc14 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2247-1 rails af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Ruby on Rails Input Validation Flaw in mail_to Helper Permits Cross-Site Scripting Attacks - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 13 Update: rubygem-actionpack-2.3.5-4.fc13 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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