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CVE-2013-1856

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.8EPSS 2.1%EU EUVD

The ActiveSupport::XmlMini_JDOM backend in lib/active_support/xml_mini/jdom.rb in the Active Support component in Ruby on Rails 3.0.x and 3.1.x before 3.1.12 and 3.2.x before 3.2.13, when JRuby is used, does not properly restrict the capabilities of the XML parser, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via vectors involving (1) an external DTD or (2) an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference.

Key facts

CVSS score
5.8 (v2.0)
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-20
EPSS score
2.1% (81th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2017-0202)
Published
March 19, 2013
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2017-0202 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • rubyonrails / rails
  • rubyonrails / rails
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  • rubyonrails / rails
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  • rubyonrails / rails
  • rubyonrails / rails
  • rubyonrails / rails
  • rubyonrails / ruby on rails

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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