CVE-2011-2931

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201412-28

Severity Score

6.1

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Vulnerabilidad de ejecución de secuencias comandos en sitios cruzados (XSS) en strip_tags de actionpack/lib/action_controller/vendor/html-scanner/html/node.rb en Ruby on Rails v2.x antes de v2.3.13, v3.0.x antes de v3.0.10, y v3.1.x antes de v3.1.0.rc5 permite a atacantes remotos ejecutar secuencias de comandos web o HTML a través una etiqueta con un nombre no válido.

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Ruby on Rails, the worst of which allowing for execution of arbitrary code. Versions less than 2.3.18 are affected.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2011-07-27 CVE Reserved
2011-08-29 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (15)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/45921	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/14	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/fd41ab62966e0fd1?dmode=source&output=gplain	2019-08-08
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2011/8/16/ann-rails-3-1-0-rc6	2019-08-08
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/17/1	2019-08-08
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/19/11	2019-08-08
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/20/1	2019-08-08
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/13	2019-08-08
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/5	2019-08-08
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=731436	2019-08-08
https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/586a944ddd4d03e66dea1093306147594748037a	2019-08-08

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065109.html	2019-08-08
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065137.html	2019-08-08
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065212.html	2019-08-08
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2301	2019-08-08

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				2.0.0 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "2.0.0"		-		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				2.0.0 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "2.0.0"		rc1		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				2.0.0 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "2.0.0"		rc2		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				2.0.1 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "2.0.1"		-		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				2.0.2 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "2.0.2"		-		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				2.0.4 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "2.0.4"		-		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				2.1.0 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "2.1.0"		-		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				2.1.1 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "2.1.1"		-		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				2.1.2 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "2.1.2"		-		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				2.2.0 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "2.2.0"		-		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				2.2.1 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "2.2.1"		-		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				2.2.2 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "2.2.2"		-		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				2.3.2 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "2.3.2"		-		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				2.3.3 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "2.3.3"		-		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				2.3.4 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "2.3.4"		-		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				2.3.9 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "2.3.9"		-		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				2.3.10 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "2.3.10"		-		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				2.3.11 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "2.3.11"		-		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				2.3.12 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "2.3.12"		-		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				3.0.0 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "3.0.0"		-		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				3.0.0 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "3.0.0"		beta		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				3.0.0 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "3.0.0"		beta2		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				3.0.0 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "3.0.0"		beta3		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				3.0.0 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "3.0.0"		beta4		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				3.0.0 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "3.0.0"		rc		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				3.0.0 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "3.0.0"		rc2		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				3.0.1 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "3.0.1"		-		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				3.0.1 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "3.0.1"		pre		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				3.0.2 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "3.0.2"		-		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				3.0.2 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "3.0.2"		pre		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				3.0.3 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "3.0.3"		-		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				3.0.4 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "3.0.4"		rc1		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				3.0.5 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "3.0.5"		-		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				3.0.5 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "3.0.5"		rc1		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				3.0.6 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "3.0.6"		-		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				3.0.6 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "3.0.6"		rc1		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				3.0.6 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "3.0.6"		rc2		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				3.0.7 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "3.0.7"		-		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				3.0.7 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "3.0.7"		rc1		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				3.0.7 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "3.0.7"		rc2		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				3.0.8 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "3.0.8"		-		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				3.0.8 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "3.0.8"		rc1		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				3.0.8 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "3.0.8"		rc2		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				3.0.8 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "3.0.8"		rc3		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				3.0.8 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "3.0.8"		rc4		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				3.0.9 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "3.0.9"		-		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				3.0.9 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "3.0.9"		rc1		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				3.0.9 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "3.0.9"		rc2		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				3.0.9 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "3.0.9"		rc3		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				3.0.9 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "3.0.9"		rc4		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				3.0.9 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "3.0.9"		rc5		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				3.0.10 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "3.0.10"		rc1		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				3.1.0 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "3.1.0"		-		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				3.1.0 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "3.1.0"		beta1		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				3.1.0 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "3.1.0"		rc1		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				3.1.0 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "3.1.0"		rc2		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				3.1.0 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "3.1.0"		rc3		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				3.1.0 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version "3.1.0"		rc4		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Ruby On Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Ruby On Rails"				3.0.4 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Ruby On Rails" and version "3.0.4"		-		Affected