CVE-2013-6416 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability found in the simple_format helper within Ruby on Rails 4.x before version 4.0.2. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by crafting malicious HTML attributes. With a CVSS score of 4.3 (medium severity), it requires medium attack complexity and could lead to information disclosure or defacement, but 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 vulnerability.
| 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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