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CVE-2009-3009 Detail

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Ruby on Rails 2.x before 2.2.3, and 2.3.x before 2.3.4, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by placing malformed Unicode strings into a form helper.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=545063 CVE, MITRE
http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/7f57cd7794e1d1b4?dmode=source CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/36600 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/36717 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022824 CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077 CVE, MITRE
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2009/9/4/xss-vulnerability-in-ruby-on-rails CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1887 CVE, MITRE
http://www.osvdb.org/57666 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36278 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2544 CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53036 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-3009
NVD Published Date:
09/08/2009
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE