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CVE-2011-1497

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-1497 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability within the auto_link function of Ruby on Rails, affecting versions prior to 3.0.6. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 6.1) could allow an unauthenticated attacker to inject malicious scripts via network access, requiring user interaction to succeed, potentially leading to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. Despite its age, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
66.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0124 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 26,220 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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 (1)

rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: actionpackFixed in: 3.0.6

Vendor Advisories (2)

rubygemsGHSA-q58j-fmvf-9rq6medium

Cross site scripting in actionpack Rubygem

Apr 22, 2022
redhatCVE-2011-1497Moderate

rubygem-actionpack: Cross-site scripting in auto_link function

Apr 6, 2011

References

github.com / rails/rails/blob/38df020c95beca7e12f0188cb7e18f3c37789e20/actionpack/CHANGELOG
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/04/06/13
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory