Class: Brakeman::CheckEscapeFunction

Inherits:
BaseCheck
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/brakeman/checks/check_escape_function.rb

Overview

Check for versions with vulnerable html escape method http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/browse_thread/thread/56bffb5923ab1195

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#run_check ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/brakeman/checks/check_escape_function.rb', line 10

def run_check
  if version_between?('2.0.0', '2.3.13') and RUBY_VERSION < '1.9.0' 

    warn :warning_type => 'Cross-Site Scripting',
      :warning_code => :CVE_2011_2932,
      :message => msg("Rails versions before 2.3.14 have a vulnerability in the ", msg_code("escape"), " method when used with Ruby 1.8 ", msg_cve("CVE-2011-2932")),
      :confidence => :high,
      :gem_info => gemfile_or_environment,
      :link_path => "https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rubyonrails-security/Vr_7WSOrEZU/discussion",
      :cwe_id => [79]
  end
end