rubygem-actionpack: XSS in the 'translate' helper method
Published Nov 28, 2011
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.58%
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the i18n translations helper method in Ruby on Rails 3.0.x before 3.0.11 and 3.1.x before 3.1.2, and the rails_xss plugin in Ruby on Rails 2.3.x, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to a translations string whose name ends with an "html" substring.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
Running on/with
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.2
- 3.0.2
- 3.0.3
- 3.0.4
- 3.0.5
- 3.0.5
- 3.0.6
- 3.0.6
- 3.0.6
- 3.0.7
- 3.0.7
- 3.0.7
- 3.0.8
- 3.0.8
- 3.0.8
- 3.0.8
- 3.0.8
- 3.0.9
- 3.0.9
- 3.0.9
- 3.0.9
- 3.0.9
- 3.0.9
- 3.0.10
- 3.0.10
- 3.0.4
Configuration 2
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.2
- 3.0.2
- 3.0.3
- 3.0.4
- 3.0.5
- 3.0.5
- 3.0.6
- 3.0.6
- 3.0.6
- 3.0.7
- 3.0.7
- 3.0.7
- 3.0.8
- 3.0.8
- 3.0.8
- 3.0.8
- 3.0.8
- 3.0.9
- 3.0.9
- 3.0.9
- 3.0.9
- 3.0.9
- 3.0.9
- 3.0.10
- 3.0.10
- 3.0.4
Configuration 3
- 3.1.0
- 3.1.0
- 3.1.0
- 3.1.0
- 3.1.0
- 3.1.0
- 3.1.0
- 3.1.0
- 3.1.0
- 3.1.0
- 3.1.1
- 3.1.1
- 3.1.1
- 3.1.1
Configuration 4
- 2.3.2
- 2.3.3
- 2.3.4
- 2.3.9
- 2.3.10
- 2.3.11
- 2.3.12
No data.
Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager
rubygem-actionpack
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager | rubygem-actionpack | Affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.58% (0.01578) | 74.59th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.64% (0.01638) | 73.17th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.61% (0.00607) | 67.84th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.30% (0.00296) | 70.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.30% (0.00296) | 68.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.30% (0.00296) | 64.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.78% (0.01776) | 76.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.78% (0.01776) | 76.81th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.78% (0.01776) | 74.78th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.78% (0.01776) | 53.99th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (20)
- http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/browse_thread/thread/2b61d70fb73c7cc5?pli=1 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/c65c24fbc4b6dd82?dmode=source&output=gplain mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/18/8 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://osvdb.org/77199 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2011/11/18/rails-3-0-11-has-been-released x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2011/11/18/rails-3-1-2-has-been-released x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50722 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026342 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4319 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=755004 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71364 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xxr8-833v-c7wc Advisory
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/2d5b105d4bcb652550dda8b5613376d1b8beb70c
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/ba2d85012088fd0db0fab98b2e512c77c83cbade
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2011-4319.yml
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/K2HXD7c8fMU
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4319
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200228155840/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50722
- https://web.archive.org/web/20210307005941/http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026342
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-4319
Change history (0)
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