CVE-2013-4492

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-4492
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-12-07 00:55:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in exceptions.rb in the i18n gem before 0.6.6 for Ruby allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted I18n::MissingTranslationData.new call.

Risk And Classification

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

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

EPSS: 0.004450000 probability, percentile 0.634560000 (date 2026-04-29)

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 I18n Project I18n All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2830-1 ruby-i18n af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
RubyGems i18n Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
openSUSE-SU-2013:1930-1: moderate: update for rubygem-i18n, rubygem-i18n af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
The I18n::MissingTranslation exception escapes key names for its html… · ruby-i18n/i18n@92b57b1 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
groups.google.com/forum/message/raw af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 groups.google.com
Riding Rails: Rails 3.2.16 and 4.0.2 have been released! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 weblog.rubyonrails.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
CVE-2013-4492 - Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
1039435 – (CVE-2013-4492) CVE-2013-4492 rubygem-i18n: cross-site scripting flaw in exception handling MITRE bugzilla.redhat.com
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