Ruby on Rails Translate Helper Method Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	50722
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2011-4319
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Nov 17 2011 12:00AM
Updated:	Apr 13 2015 10:25PM
Credit:	Sergey Nartimov
Vulnerable:	Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.0.6 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 3.0.2 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.0.1 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.0 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.1.0.rc6 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.1.0.rc5 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.0.8 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.0.7 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.0.10
Not Vulnerable:	Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.1.2 Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.0.11

Ruby on Rails Translate Helper Method 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 launch other attacks.

Ruby on Rails versions prior to 3.0.11 and 3.1.2 are vulnerable.

Ruby on Rails Translate Helper Method Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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

Ruby on Rails Translate Helper Method Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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

Ruby on Rails Translate Helper Method Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Rails 3.0.11 has been released (Ruby on Rails)
  
• Rails 3.1.2 has been released (Ruby on Rails)
  
• Ruby on Rails Home Page (Ruby on Rails)
  
• XSS vulnerability in the translate helper method in Ruby on Rails (Michael Koziarski)