CVE-2011-2931

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-2931
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-08-29 18:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the strip_tags helper in actionpack/lib/action_controller/vendor/html-scanner/html/node.rb in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.13, 3.0.x before 3.0.10, and 3.1.x before 3.1.0.rc5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a tag with an invalid name.

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 2.3.11 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 2.3.12 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 3.0.10 rc1 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
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.5 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.5 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.6 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.6 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.6 rc2 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.7 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.7 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.7 rc2 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.8 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.8 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.8 rc2 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.8 rc3 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.8 rc4 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.9 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.9 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.9 rc2 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.9 rc3 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.9 rc4 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.0.9 rc5 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.1.0 All All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.1.0 beta1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.1.0 rc1 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.1.0 rc2 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.1.0 rc3 All All
Application Rubyonrails Rails 3.1.0 rc4 All All
Application Rubyonrails Ruby On Rails 3.0.4 All 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
Tags with invalid names should also be stripped in order to prevent · rails/rails@586a944 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch
oss-security - CVE request: ruby on rails flaws (4) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Patch
Google Groups af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 groups.google.com Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: rubygem-actionpack-3.0.5-4.fc15 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Bug 731436 – CVE-2011-2931 rubygem-actionpack: XSS vulnerability in strip_tags helper (Ruby on Rails) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Patch
oss-security - Re: CVE request: ruby on rails flaws (4) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 14 Update: rubygem-actionpack-2.3.8-4.fc14 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-security - Re: CVE request: ruby on rails flaws (4) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Patch
oss-security - Re: CVE request: ruby on rails flaws (4) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Patch
oss-security - Re: CVE request: ruby on rails flaws (4) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Patch
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2301-1 rails af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Riding Rails: [ANN] Rails 3.1.0.rc6 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 weblog.rubyonrails.org Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: rubygem-rails-3.0.10-1.fc16 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-security - Re: CVE request: ruby on rails flaws (4) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Patch
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