CVE-2013-1857

MediumCVSS 4.3/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

The sanitize helper in lib/action_controller/vendor/html-scanner/html/sanitizer.rb in the Action Pack component in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.18, 3.0.x and 3.1.x before 3.1.12, and 3.2.x before 3.2.13 does not properly handle encoded : (colon) characters in URLs, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted scheme name, as demonstrated by including a : sequence.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.3/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-79

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Mar 19, 2013
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2013-1857: Medium severity, CVSS 4.3 | Vulnix