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.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4319
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71364
• 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://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
• rails/rails@2d5b105
• rails/rails@ba2d850
• https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2011-4319.yml
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/K2HXD7c8fMU
• https://web.archive.org/web/20200228155840/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50722
• https://web.archive.org/web/20210307005941/http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026342