Ruby on Rails Multple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

BID:52264

Info

Ruby on Rails Multple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 52264
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2012-1098
CVE-2012-1099
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 02 2012 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 16 2015 06:12PM
Credit: Akira Matsuda and Sergey Nartimov
Vulnerable: Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.1.2
Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.0.11
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 2.3.11
Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 2.3.10
Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 2.3.9
Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 2.3.5
Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 2.3.4
Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 2.3.3
Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 2.3.2
Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 2.2.3
Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 2.2.2
Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 2.1.1
Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 2.1
Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 2.0.5
Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 2.0.4
Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 2.0
Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 1.2.6
Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 1.2.5
Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 1.2.3
Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 1.1.6
Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 1.1.5
Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 1.1.4
Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 1.1.3
Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 1.1.2
Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 1.1.1
Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 1.1
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
Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 2.3.13
Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 2.3.12
Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 1.0
Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 0.14
Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 0.13
Debian Linux 6.0 sparc
Debian Linux 6.0 s/390
Debian Linux 6.0 powerpc
Debian Linux 6.0 mips
Debian Linux 6.0 ia-64
Debian Linux 6.0 ia-32
Debian Linux 6.0 arm
Debian Linux 6.0 amd64
Not Vulnerable: Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.2.2
Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.1.4
Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails 3.0.12

Discussion

Ruby on Rails Multple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

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

An attacker may leverage these issues 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 3.2.2, 3.1.4, and 3.0.12 are vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

Ruby on Rails Multple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

To exploit these issues, an attacker must entice an unsuspecting victim to follow a malicious URI.

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