CVE-2011-2931: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
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Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the strip_tags helper in actionpack/lib/action_controller/vendor/html-scanner/html/node.rb in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.13, 3.0.x before 3.0.10, and 3.1.x before 3.1.0.rc5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a tag with an invalid name.
References
- groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/fd41ab62966e0fd1?dmode=source&output=gplain
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065109.html
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065137.html
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065212.html
- secunia.com/advisories/45921
- weblog.rubyonrails.org/2011/8/16/ann-rails-3-1-0-rc6
- www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2301
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/17/1
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/19/11
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/20/1
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/13
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/14
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/5
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=731436
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-v5jg-558j-q67c
- github.com/rails/rails/commit/586a944ddd4d03e66dea1093306147594748037a
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2931
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