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TI-2011-01317 Aliases CVE-2011-1497GHSA-q58j-fmvf-9rq6

A cross-site scripting vulnerability flaw was found in the auto_link function in Rails before version 3.0.6.

Priority LOW 30CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

A cross-site scripting vulnerability flaw was found in the auto_link function in Rails before version 3.0.6.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01285 70th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed actionpack (RubyGems): 3.0.6

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—railsrails 3.0.6—No fix listedCNA
—actionpack (RubyGems)3.0.0.rc to before 3.0.63.0.6Patch availableGHSA-q58j-fmvf-9rq6
  • rails Vendor— Affected rails 3.0.6 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • actionpack (RubyGems) Vendor— Affected 3.0.0.rc to before 3.0.6 Fixed in 3.0.6 Patch available GHSA-q58j-fmvf-9rq6

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 3.0.6VulnerableRails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 3.0.6 Vulnerable ·Rails

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-q58j-fmvf-9rq6 actionpack (RubyGems) Fixed in 3.0.6 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 3 products
  • CloudForms Management Engine 5
  • Red Hat 3scale API Management Platform 2
  • Red Hat Satellite 6

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2011-1497
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q58j-fmvf-9rq6

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 2

Other 4

  • TI-2014-00124 Directory traversal vulnerability in actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/base.rb in the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2019-03828 Path traversal in Rails https://github.com/rails/rails KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2016-00672 Directory traversal vulnerability in Action View in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.1, 4.0.x… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2019-03830 Command injection in Rails https://github.com/rails/rails CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-06581 Code injection in https://github.com/rails/rails CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2013-00091 active_support/core_ext/hash/conversions.rb in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.15, 3.0.x before… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
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