CVE-2011-2931 Medium Severity Vulnerability detected by WhiteSource

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CVE-2011-2931 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - rails-3.0.1.gem

path: /tmp/git/sample_app/Gemfile.lock

Library home page: http://rubygems.org/gems/rails-3.0.1.gem

Dependency Hierarchy:

• factory_girl_rails-1.0.gem (Root Library)
  • ❌ rails-3.0.1.gem (Vulnerable Library)

Vulnerability Details

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the strip_tags helper in actionpack/lib/action_controller/vendor/html-scanner/html/node.rb in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.13, 3.0.x before 3.0.10, and 3.1.x before 3.1.0.rc5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a tag with an invalid name.

Publish Date: 2011-08-29

URL: CVE-2011-2931

CVSS 2 Score Details (4.3)

Base Score Metrics not available

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-28

Release Date: 2014-12-14

Fix Resolution: All Ruby on Rails 2.x users should upgrade to the latest version >= rails-2.3.18

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