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Vulnerability details: VCID-fr3w-ejk8-47gw
Vulnerability ID VCID-fr3w-ejk8-47gw
Aliases CVE-2011-1497
GHSA-q58j-fmvf-9rq6
Summary Cross site scripting in actionpack Rubygem A cross-site scripting vulnerability flaw was found in the `auto_link` function in Rails before version 3.0.6.
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-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3 7.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2011-1497.json
epss 0.00328 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-1497
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q58j-fmvf-9rq6
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://github.com/rails/rails
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/rails/rails
cvssv3 6.1 https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/38df020c95beca7e12f0188cb7e18f3c37789e20/actionpack/CHANGELOG
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/38df020c95beca7e12f0188cb7e18f3c37789e20/actionpack/CHANGELOG
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/38df020c95beca7e12f0188cb7e18f3c37789e20/actionpack/CHANGELOG
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/61ee3449674c591747db95f9b3472c5c3bd9e84d
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/61ee3449674c591747db95f9b3472c5c3bd9e84d
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/ab764ecbfea31a3b14323283287e2fc80955ace6
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/ab764ecbfea31a3b14323283287e2fc80955ace6
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2011-1497.yml
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2011-1497.yml
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1497
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1497
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/06/13
generic_textual MODERATE https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/06/13
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2011-1497.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-1497
https://github.com/rails/rails
https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/38df020c95beca7e12f0188cb7e18f3c37789e20/actionpack/CHANGELOG
https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/61ee3449674c591747db95f9b3472c5c3bd9e84d
https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/ab764ecbfea31a3b14323283287e2fc80955ace6
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2011-1497.yml
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1497
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/06/13
2015262 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2015262
GHSA-q58j-fmvf-9rq6 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q58j-fmvf-9rq6
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2011-1497.json
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/rails/rails
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/38df020c95beca7e12f0188cb7e18f3c37789e20/actionpack/CHANGELOG
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/61ee3449674c591747db95f9b3472c5c3bd9e84d
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/ab764ecbfea31a3b14323283287e2fc80955ace6
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2011-1497.yml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1497
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/06/13
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.55931
EPSS Score 0.00328
Published At May 29, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-29T09:23:58.370127+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/04/GHSA-q58j-fmvf-9rq6/GHSA-q58j-fmvf-9rq6.json 38.6.0