will_paginate Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

MEDIUM 4.3CVE-2013-6459 · GHSA-8r6h-7x9g-xmw9 · Published 31/12/2013 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2013-6459 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability affecting will_paginate, will paginate (mislav marohnic).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.2%, higher than 82.7% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 3.0.5 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
will_paginate RubyGems	`< 3.0.5`	`3.0.5`
will paginate mislav_marohnic	`= 3.0= 3.0.1= 3.0.2= 3.0.3≤ 3.0.4`	No fix yet

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the will_paginate gem before 3.0.5 for Ruby allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving generated pagination links.

NVD description

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6459 · ADVISORY
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336 · WEB
mislav/will_paginate · PACKAGE
mislav/will_paginate release v3.0.5 · WEB
web.archive.org/web/20150709163604/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64509 · WEB
secunia.com/advisories/56180 · Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/64509

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