CVE-2013-4491 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Ruby on Rails versions 3.x before 3.2.16 and 4.x before 4.0.2. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by crafting a string that triggers a fallback string generation within the i18n gem. With a CVSS score of 4.3, this vulnerability has a medium attack complexity and could lead to information disclosure or session hijacking, but does not impact availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:*:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.0.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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