CVE-2013-1856

Published: Mar 19, 2013Modified: Apr 29, 2026

5.8

Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 4.9

Source: NVD

Description

The ActiveSupport::XmlMini_JDOM backend in lib/active_support/xml_mini/jdom.rb in the Active Support component in Ruby on Rails 3.0.x and 3.1.x before 3.1.12 and 3.2.x before 3.2.13, when JRuby is used, does not properly restrict the capabilities of the XML parser, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via vectors involving (1) an external DTD or (2) an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference.

Affected (47)

Products: Rubyonrails: Rails, Ruby On Rails

Rubyonrails

2 products

Rails

Ruby On Rails

Configuration A

47 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Rubyonrails Rails	Version 3.1.0
Rubyonrails Rails	Version 3.1.0 beta1
Rubyonrails Rails	Version 3.1.0 rc1
Rubyonrails Rails	Version 3.1.0 rc2
Rubyonrails Rails	Version 3.1.0 rc3
Rubyonrails Rails	Version 3.1.0 rc4
Rubyonrails Rails	Version 3.1.0 rc5
Rubyonrails Rails	Version 3.1.0 rc6
Rubyonrails Rails	Version 3.1.0 rc7
Rubyonrails Rails	Version 3.1.0 rc8
Rubyonrails Rails	Version 3.1.10
Rubyonrails Rails	Version 3.1.1
Rubyonrails Rails	Version 3.1.1 rc1
Rubyonrails Rails	Version 3.1.1 rc2
Rubyonrails Rails	Version 3.1.1 rc3
Rubyonrails Rails	Version 3.1.2
Rubyonrails Rails	Version 3.1.2 rc1
Rubyonrails Rails	Version 3.1.2 rc2
Rubyonrails Rails	Version 3.1.3
Rubyonrails Rails	Version 3.1.4
Rubyonrails Rails	Version 3.1.4 rc1
Rubyonrails Rails	Version 3.1.5
Rubyonrails Rails	Version 3.1.5 rc1
Rubyonrails Rails	Version 3.1.6
Rubyonrails Rails	Version 3.1.7
Rubyonrails Rails	Version 3.1.8
Rubyonrails Rails	Version 3.1.9
Rubyonrails Rails	Version 3.2.0
Rubyonrails Rails	Version 3.2.0 rc1
Rubyonrails Rails	Version 3.2.0 rc2
Rubyonrails Rails	Version 3.2.10
Rubyonrails Rails	Version 3.2.11
Rubyonrails Rails	Version 3.2.12
Rubyonrails Rails	Version 3.2.1
Rubyonrails Rails	Version 3.2.2
Rubyonrails Rails	Version 3.2.2 rc1
Rubyonrails Rails	Version 3.2.3
Rubyonrails Rails	Version 3.2.3 rc1
Rubyonrails Rails	Version 3.2.3 rc2
Rubyonrails Rails	Version 3.2.4
Rubyonrails Rails	Version 3.2.4 rc1
Rubyonrails Rails	Version 3.2.5
Rubyonrails Rails	Version 3.2.6
Rubyonrails Rails	Version 3.2.7
Rubyonrails Rails	Version 3.2.8
Rubyonrails Rails	Version 3.2.9
Rubyonrails Ruby On Rails	Version 3.1.11