4.3
MEDIUM
CVE-2009-4214
Ruby on Rails HTML Node XSS
Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the strip_tags function in Ruby on Rails before 2.2.s, and 2.3.x before 2.3.5, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving non-printing ASCII characters, related to HTML::Tokenizer and actionpack/lib/action_controller/vendor/html-scanner/html/node.rb.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 7, 2009, 5:30 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2009-4214 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Rubyonrails rails
2 Rubyonrails ruby_on_rails
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 2
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2009-4214.

URL Resource
http://github.com/rails/rails/commit/bfe032858077bb2946abe25e95e485ba6da86bd5 Patch
http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/browse_thread/thread/4d4f71f2aef4c0ab?pli=1
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/37446 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38915 Vendor Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2009/11/30/ruby-on-rails-2-3-5-released
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2260
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2301
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/27/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/08/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37142 Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023245
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3352 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://github.com/rails/rails/commit/bfe032858077bb2946abe25e95e485ba6da86bd5 Patch
http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/browse_thread/thread/4d4f71f2aef4c0ab?pli=1
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/37446 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38915 Vendor Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2009/11/30/ruby-on-rails-2-3-5-released
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2260
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2301
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/27/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/08/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37142 Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023245
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3352 Patch Vendor Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2009-4214 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2009-4214 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://github.com/rails/rails/commit/bfe032858077bb2946abe25e95e485ba6da86bd5
    Added Reference http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/browse_thread/thread/4d4f71f2aef4c0ab?pli=1
    Added Reference http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/37446
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/38915
    Added Reference http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
    Added Reference http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2009/11/30/ruby-on-rails-2-3-5-released
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2260
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2301
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/27/2
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/08/3
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37142
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023245
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3352
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:2.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:2.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:2.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:1.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:1.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:0.14.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.14.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:0.14.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.14.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:0.14.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.14.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:0.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:0.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:0.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:0.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:0.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:0.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:0.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:0.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:0.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:0.9.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.9.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:0.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 08, 2009

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2009-4214 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2009-4214 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

1.63 }} -2.18%

score

0.80206

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
: