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.

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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2655-1 rails security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-0258 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-j838-vfpq-fmf2 actionpack Cross-site Scripting vulnerability
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T15:20:35.190Z

Reserved: 2013-02-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-1857

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2013-03-19T22:55:01.087

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2013-1857

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2013-03-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2013-1857 - Bugzilla

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