Ruby on Rails "to_json" Function Data Processing Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Ruby on Rails, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary scripting code. This issue is caused by an input validation error in the "to_json" [activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoders/string.rb] function when processing user-supplied data, which could be exploited by attackers to cause arbitrary scripting code to be executed by the user's browser in the security context of an affected Web site.
Vulnerable Products
Vulnerable Software: Ruby on Rails version 1.2.3 and prior