Ruby on Rails up to 3.2.12 Sanitize Helper sanitizer.rb cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Ruby on Rails up to 3.2.12. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file lib/action_controller/vendor/html-scanner/html/sanitizer.rb of the component Sanitize Helper. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2013-1857. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ruby on Rails up to 3.2.12 (Programming Language Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the file lib/action_controller/vendor/html-scanner/html/sanitizer.rb of the component Sanitize Helper. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The sanitize helper in lib/action_controller/vendor/html-scanner/html/sanitizer.rb in the Action Pack component in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.18, 3.0.x and 3.1.x before 3.1.12, and 3.2.x before 3.2.13 does not properly handle encoded : (colon) characters in URLs, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted scheme name, as demonstrated by including a : sequence.

The weakness was presented 03/18/2013 by Alan Jenkins as confirmed mailinglist post (oss-sec). The advisory is shared at seclists.org. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with the project team. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-1857 since 02/19/2013. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 65727 (Debian DSA-2655-1 : rails - several vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 166714 (OpenSuSE Security Update for rubygem-actionpack-2_3 (openSUSE-SU-2014:0019-1)).

Upgrading to version 3.2.13 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (65727), SecurityFocus (BID 54957†), OSVDB (91454†), Secunia (SA52656†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1028321†). See VDB-5926, VDB-8030, VDB-8031 and VDB-8032 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Nessus ID: 65727
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-2655-1 : rails - several vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 892655
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2655-1 (rails - several vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Ruby on Rails 3.2.13

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08/09/2012 🔍
02/19/2013 +194 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: seclists.org
Researcher: Alan Jenkins
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-1857 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-1857
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-8033

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SecurityFocus: 54957
Secunia: 52656 - Ruby on Rails Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 91454
SecurityTracker: 1028321

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/20/2013 14:30
Updated: 05/06/2021 14:05
Changes: 03/20/2013 14:30 (71), 05/04/2018 09:11 (8), 05/06/2021 14:05 (4)
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