UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4491

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4491
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2013/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4491.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4491
Upstream
  • CVE-2013-4491
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:42:55Z
Published
2013-12-07T00:55:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T08:10:46.891976Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in actionpack/lib/actionview/helpers/translationhelper.rb in the internationalization component in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.16 and 4.x before 4.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted string that triggers generation of a fallback string by the i18n gem.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / ruby-actionpack-3.2

Package

Name
ruby-actionpack-3.2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby-actionpack-3.2@3.2.16-3?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.2.16-3

Affected versions

3.*
3.2.13-7

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "ruby-actionpack-3.2",
            "binary_version": "3.2.16-3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2013/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4491.json"