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CVE-2013-4170

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-4170 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Ember.js, affecting applications that assign unsanitized user-supplied data to an Ember.View's 'tagName' property. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the user's browser if they can trick a user into interacting with a malicious payload. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:emberjs:ember.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:emberjs:ember.js:1.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:emberjs:ember.js:1.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:emberjs:ember.js:1.0.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:emberjs:ember.js:1.0.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.87%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
55.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0087 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 26,209 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: ember-sourceFixed in: 1.0.0.rc1.1
rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: ember-sourceFixed in: 1.0.0.rc2.1
rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: ember-sourceFixed in: 1.0.0.rc3.1
rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: ember-sourceFixed in: 1.0.0.rc4.1
rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: ember-sourceFixed in: 1.0.0.rc5.1
rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: ember-sourceFixed in: 1.0.0.rc6.1

Vendor Advisories (2)

rubygemsGHSA-5m48-c37x-f792medium

Ember.js Potential XSS Exploit When Binding `tagName` to User-Supplied Data

Jul 1, 2022
redhatCVE-2013-4170Moderate

ember.js: Cross-site scripting when binding `tagName` to User-Supplied Data

Jul 24, 2013

References

groups.google.com / g/ember-security/c/dokLVwwxAdM
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
rubysec.com / advisories/CVE-2013-4170
Third Party Advisory
security.snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-RUBY-EMBERSOURCE-20102
PatchThird Party Advisory