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SCA: security update for actionpack (GHSA-j838-vfpq-fmf2)
medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 422270
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:- The sanitize helper in lib/action_controller/vendor/html-scanner/html/sanitizer.rb in the Action Pack
component in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.18, 3.0.x and 3.1.x before 3.1.12, and 3.2.x before 3.2.13 does not
properly handle encoded : (colon) characters in URLs, which makes it easier for remote attackers to
conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted scheme name, as demonstrated by including a
: sequence. (CVE-2013-1857)
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Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 422270
Version: Revision 1.4
Type: Local
Family: SCA Checks
Published: 3/28/2025
Updated: 7/2/2026
Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 2.3
Percentile: 8.67
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Medium
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-1857
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.1
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/24/2017
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/18/2013
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2013-1857
BID: 58555
cwe: CWE-79