CVE-2009-4214

N/A Unknown
Published: December 07, 2009 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the strip_tags function in Ruby on Rails before 2.2.s, and 2.3.x before 2.3.5, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving non-printing ASCII characters, related to HTML::Tokenizer and actionpack/lib/action_controller/vendor/html-scanner/html/node.rb.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://github.com/rails/rails/commit/bfe032858077bb2946abe25e95e485ba6da86bd5
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/browse_thread/thread/4d4f71f2aef4c0ab?pli=1
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/37446
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38915
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2009/11/30/ruby-on-rails-2-3-5-released
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2260
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2301
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/27/2
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/08/3
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37142
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023245
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3352
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://github.com/rails/rails/commit/bfe032858077bb2946abe25e95e485ba6da86bd5
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/browse_thread/thread/4d4f71f2aef4c0ab?pli=1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/37446
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38915
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2009/11/30/ruby-on-rails-2-3-5-released
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2260
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2301
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/27/2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/08/3
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37142
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023245
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3352
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory

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Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.6%
82th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

Affected Vendors

rubyonrails

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