Security readout for executives and security teams
Older Ruby on Rails versions had an XSS flaw in ActiveSupport output-safety handling. If exposed application paths render attacker-controlled content affected by the quote-character handling issue, users could receive malicious script or HTML in their browsers. Exposure is most likely in legacy Rails 3.0, 3.1, or 3.2 applications that render untrusted input into HTML. Public-facing apps using unsupported or frozen Rails dependencies deserve priority review. Treat this as a legacy web application risk. It is not marked as actively exploited in the bundle, but externally facing affected Rails apps should be upgraded because XSS can compromise user sessions and trust. Mitigation focus: Upgrade Rails to 3.0.17, 3.1.8, 3.2.8, or later as applicable.; For packaged Rails, apply the relevant vendor security update.; Inventory public Rails applications and dependency lockfiles for affected versions..
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- [rubyonrails-security] 20120810 Potential XSS Vulnerability in Ruby on RailsCVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
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