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CVE-2013-6416

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2013-12-08	rails -- multiple vulnerabilities

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CVE-2013-6416 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2013-6416
Phase	Assigned(20131104)

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the simple_format helper in actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/text_helper.rb in Ruby on Rails 4.x before 4.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted HTML attribute.

References

Source	Reference
MLIST	[ruby-security-ann] 20131203 [CVE-2013-6416] XSS Vulnerability in simple_format helper
CONFIRM	http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/12/3/Rails_3_2_16_and_4_0_2_have_been_released/