CVE-2011-2197: rails Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

CVE-2011-2197 · Severity: info · Published 2017-10-24

rails Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

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

Quick answers

Is CVE-2011-2197 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2011-2197 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2011-2197?
Informational severity, published 24 October 2017.
Which products and versions are affected?
actionpack (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.0.0,fixed=2.3.12; activesupport (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.0.0,fixed=2.3.12.
Is there a fix for CVE-2011-2197?
Yes. actionpack (RubyGems): upgrade to 2.3.12 or later; activesupport (RubyGems): upgrade to 2.3.12 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2011-2197?
Check whether you run actionpack (RubyGems) or activesupport (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 2.3.12 or later
    bundle update actionpack
  • activesupport (RubyGems): upgrade to 2.3.12 or later
    bundle update activesupport

Affected products

  • actionpack (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.0.0,fixed=2.3.12
  • activesupport (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.0.0,fixed=2.3.12

Identifiers

  • CVE-2011-2197
  • GHSA-v9v4-7jp6-8c73

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