Ruby on Rails Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	47186
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Apr 06 2011 12:00AM
Updated:	Apr 06 2011 12:00AM
Credit:	The vendor reported this issue.
Vulnerable:	Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.0.5 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.0.4 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.0.3 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.0.3 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.0.2 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.0.1 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.0
Not Vulnerable:	Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.0.6

Ruby on Rails Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Ruby on Rails is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and to launch other attacks.

Ruby on Rails versions 3.0 through 3.0.5 are vulnerable.

Ruby on Rails Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

To exploit this issue, an attacker must entice an unsuspecting victim to follow a malicious URI.

Ruby on Rails Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.

Ruby on Rails Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Rails 3.0.6 contains an important security fix! Please upgrade! (Ruby on Rails)
  
• Ruby on Rails Home Page (Ruby on Rails)