CVE-2011-0446: Rails actionpack gem vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

CVE-2011-0446 · Severity: info · Published 2017-10-24

Rails actionpack gem vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

Technologies: actionpack (RubyGems), actionview (RubyGems). Vendors: RubyGems.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2011-0446 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2011-0446 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2011-0446?
Informational severity, published 24 October 2017.
Which products and versions are affected?
actionpack (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=2.3.11; actionview (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=2.3.11.
Is there a fix for CVE-2011-0446?
Yes. actionpack (RubyGems): upgrade to 2.3.11 or later; actionview (RubyGems): upgrade to 2.3.11 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2011-0446?
Check whether you run actionpack (RubyGems) or actionview (RubyGems) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • actionpack (RubyGems): upgrade to 2.3.11 or later
    bundle update actionpack
  • actionview (RubyGems): upgrade to 2.3.11 or later
    bundle update actionview

Affected products

  • actionpack (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=2.3.11
  • actionview (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=2.3.11

Identifiers

  • CVE-2011-0446
  • GHSA-75w6-p6mg-vh8j

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