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Vulnerability details: VCID-g13k-qvy7-q3fk
Vulnerability ID VCID-g13k-qvy7-q3fk
Aliases CVE-2011-0446
GHSA-75w6-p6mg-vh8j
Summary Rails actionpack gem vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the `mail_to` helper in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.11, and 3.x before 3.0.4, when javascript encoding is used, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted (1) name or (2) email value.
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (4)
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-707 Improper Neutralization
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/msg/365b8a23b76a6b4a?dmode=source&output=gplain
generic_textual MODERATE http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057650.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055074.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055088.html
epss 0.0067 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-0446
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-75w6-p6mg-vh8j
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/rails/rails
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/abe97736b8316f1b714cac56c115c0779aa73217
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/e3dd2107c57a8efaaea5d61cf8da65f7444760b2
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2011-0446.yml
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionview/CVE-2011-0446.yml
generic_textual MODERATE https://groups.google.com/g/rubyonrails-security/c/8CpI7egxX4E/m/SmtqtyOKWzYJ
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0446
generic_textual MODERATE https://web.archive.org/web/20111225083933/http://secunia.com/advisories/43274
generic_textual MODERATE https://web.archive.org/web/20111225083933/http://secunia.com/advisories/43666
generic_textual MODERATE https://web.archive.org/web/20120527023027/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46291
generic_textual MODERATE https://web.archive.org/web/20200812054342/http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025064
generic_textual MODERATE http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2247
Reference id Reference type URL
http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/365b8a23b76a6b4a?dmode=source&output=gplain
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057650.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055074.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055088.html
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-0446
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-0446
http://secunia.com/advisories/43274
http://secunia.com/advisories/43666
https://github.com/rails/rails
https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/abe97736b8316f1b714cac56c115c0779aa73217
https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/e3dd2107c57a8efaaea5d61cf8da65f7444760b2
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2011-0446.yml
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionview/CVE-2011-0446.yml
https://groups.google.com/g/rubyonrails-security/c/8CpI7egxX4E/m/SmtqtyOKWzYJ
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0446
https://web.archive.org/web/20111225083933/http://secunia.com/advisories/43274
https://web.archive.org/web/20111225083933/http://secunia.com/advisories/43666
https://web.archive.org/web/20120527023027/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46291
https://web.archive.org/web/20200812054342/http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025064
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2247
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46291
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025064
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0587
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0877
614864 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=614864
GHSA-75w6-p6mg-vh8j https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-75w6-p6mg-vh8j
GLSA-201412-28 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-28
No exploits are available.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.71678
EPSS Score 0.0067
Published At May 29, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-29T08:57:16.238209+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2017/10/GHSA-75w6-p6mg-vh8j/GHSA-75w6-p6mg-vh8j.json 38.6.0