CVE-2013-1856 is a vulnerability in the Active Support component of Ruby on Rails versions 3.0.x and 3.1.x (before 3.1.12) and 3.2.x (before 3.2.13), specifically when using JRuby. It allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service by exploiting improper XML parser restrictions through external DTDs or entity declarations. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.8, indicating a medium severity with a network attack vector, medium attack complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion, with only one Reddit mention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.1.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.1.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.1.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.1.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.