rack-ssl: URL error display XSS
Published Mar 25, 2014
5.3
MEDIUMCVSS 4.0
EPSS 2.19%
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in lib/rack/ssl.rb in the rack-ssl gem before 1.4.0 for Ruby allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a URI, which might not be properly handled by third-party adapters such as JRuby-Rack.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 1.3.4
- 1.0.0
- 1.1.0
- 1.2.0
- 1.3.0
- 1.3.1
- 1.3.2
- 1.3.3
No data.
CloudForms Management Engine 5
ruby193-rubygem-rack-ssl
Will not fix
OpenShift Enterprise 1
ruby193-rubygem-rack-ssl
Will not fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 3
ruby193-rubygem-rack-ssl
Will not fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4
ruby193-rubygem-rack-ssl
Will not fix
Red Hat Software Collections
ruby193-rubygem-rack-ssl
Will not fix
Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager
ruby193-rubygem-rack-ssl
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| CloudForms Management Engine 5 | ruby193-rubygem-rack-ssl | Will not fix | n/a |
| OpenShift Enterprise 1 | ruby193-rubygem-rack-ssl | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 3 | ruby193-rubygem-rack-ssl | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4 | ruby193-rubygem-rack-ssl | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Software Collections | ruby193-rubygem-rack-ssl | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager | ruby193-rubygem-rack-ssl | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
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 3, 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 3, 2026 | 2.19% (0.02190) | 81.80th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.19% (0.02190) | 80.02th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.27% (0.00273) | 48.72th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.25% (0.00254) | 65.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.25% (0.00254) | 64.35th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.25% (0.00254) | 61.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 17, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 64.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (13)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-04/msg00032.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57466 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/19/20 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66314 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-2538 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1078612 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v3rr-cph9-2g2q Advisory
- https://github.com/josh/rack-ssl/commit/9d7d7300b907e496db68d89d07fbc2e0df0b487b x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rack-ssl/CVE-2014-2538.yml
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2538
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140524002455/http://secunia.com/advisories/57466
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200228185649/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66314
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-2538
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-04/msg00032.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/57466 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/19/20 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66314 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-2538 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1078612 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v3rr-cph9-2g2q | Advisory | |
| https://github.com/josh/rack-ssl/commit/9d7d7300b907e496db68d89d07fbc2e0df0b487b | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rack-ssl/CVE-2014-2538.yml | ||
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2538 | ||
| https://web.archive.org/web/20140524002455/http://secunia.com/advisories/57466 | ||
| https://web.archive.org/web/20200228185649/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66314 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-2538 |
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