CVE-2013-4491
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 2.2%EU EUVD
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/translation_helper.rb in the internationalization component in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.16 and 4.x before 4.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted string that triggers generation of a fallback string by the i18n gem.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-79
- EPSS score
- 2.2% (83th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2017-0173)
- Published
- December 7, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2017-0173 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- rubyonrails / rails
- rubyonrails / rails
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References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00079.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00081.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00082.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00003.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1794.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0008.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1863.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57836
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/12/3/Rails_3_2_16_and_4_0_2_have_been_released/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2888
- http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/04/09/enterprise-chef-11-1-3-release/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64076
- https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/pLrh6DUw998/bLFEyIO4k_EJ
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4491
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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