actionpack Cross-site Scripting vulnerability (GHSA-v5jg-558j-q67c)
Published: 2017-10-24T18:33:38Z
Aliases: CVE-2011-2931
Severity: MODERATE · CWE: CWE-79

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.

Affected packages:
package: ecosystem: RubyGems
name: actionpack
ranges: type: ECOSYSTEM
events: introduced: 2.0.0
fixed: 2.3.13
package: ecosystem: RubyGems
name: actionpack
ranges: type: ECOSYSTEM
events: introduced: 3.0.0
fixed: 3.0.10