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Vulnerability details: VCID-5pfg-7ntp-eff4
Vulnerability ID VCID-5pfg-7ntp-eff4
Aliases CVE-2011-4319
GHSA-xxr8-833v-c7wc
OSV-77199
Summary Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in i18n translations helper method Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the i18n translations helper method in Ruby on Rails 3.0.x before 3.0.11 and 3.1.x before 3.1.2, and the rails_xss plugin in Ruby on Rails 2.3.x, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to a translations string whose name ends with an "html" substring.
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
generic_textual MODERATE http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/browse_thread/thread/2b61d70fb73c7cc5?pli=1
generic_textual MODERATE http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/c65c24fbc4b6dd82?dmode=source&output=gplain
generic_textual MODERATE http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/18/8
epss 0.00607 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-4319
generic_textual MODERATE https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71364
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xxr8-833v-c7wc
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/rails/rails
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/2d5b105d4bcb652550dda8b5613376d1b8beb70c
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/ba2d85012088fd0db0fab98b2e512c77c83cbade
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2011-4319.yml
generic_textual MODERATE https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/K2HXD7c8fMU
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4319
generic_textual MODERATE https://web.archive.org/web/20200228155840/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50722
generic_textual MODERATE https://web.archive.org/web/20210307005941/http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026342
generic_textual MODERATE http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2011/11/18/rails-3-0-11-has-been-released
generic_textual MODERATE http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2011/11/18/rails-3-1-2-has-been-released
Reference id Reference type URL
http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/browse_thread/thread/2b61d70fb73c7cc5?pli=1
http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/c65c24fbc4b6dd82?dmode=source&output=gplain
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/18/8
http://osvdb.org/77199
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2011-4319.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-4319
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71364
https://github.com/rails/rails
https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/2d5b105d4bcb652550dda8b5613376d1b8beb70c
https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/ba2d85012088fd0db0fab98b2e512c77c83cbade
https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/ba2d85012088fd0db0fab98b2e512c77c83cbade#diff-79e8a3e6d1d2808c4f93f63b3928a5a1
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2011-4319.yml
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/OSVDB-77199.yml
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/K2HXD7c8fMU
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4319
https://web.archive.org/web/20200228155840/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50722
https://web.archive.org/web/20210307005941/http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026342
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2011/11/18/rails-3-0-11-has-been-released
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2011/11/18/rails-3-1-2-has-been-released
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50722
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026342
755004 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=755004
GHSA-xxr8-833v-c7wc https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xxr8-833v-c7wc
No exploits are available.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.70015
EPSS Score 0.00607
Published At May 29, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-29T08:57:05.703668+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2017/10/GHSA-xxr8-833v-c7wc/GHSA-xxr8-833v-c7wc.json 38.6.0