CVE-2014-0081 describes multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Ruby on Rails versions before 3.2.17, 4.0.3, and 4.1.0.beta2, specifically within the number formatting helpers (number_to_currency, number_to_percentage, number_to_human). Attackers can inject arbitrary web script or HTML by manipulating the format, negative_format, or units parameters. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial integrity impact, as it requires user interaction (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N). There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not listed on CISA's KEV catalog. Despite limited community discussion and media coverage, the vulnerability was publicly disclosed and documented.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.9.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.9.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.9.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.9.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.9.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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