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require 'railroader/checks/base_check'

# Check for cross-site scripting vulnerability in mail_to :encode => :javascript
# with certain versions of Rails (< 2.3.11 or < 3.0.4).
#
# http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/browse_thread/thread/f02a48ede8315f81
class Railroader::CheckMailTo < Railroader::BaseCheck
  Railroader::Checks.add self

  @description = "Checks for mail_to XSS vulnerability in certain versions"

  def run_check
    if (version_between? "2.3.0", "2.3.10" or version_between? "3.0.0", "3.0.3") and result = mail_to_javascript?
      message = "Vulnerability in mail_to using javascript encoding (CVE-2011-0446). Upgrade to Rails version "

      if version_between? "2.3.0", "2.3.10"
        message << "2.3.11"
      else
        message << "3.0.4"
      end

      warn :result => result,
        :warning_type => "Mail Link",
        :warning_code => :CVE_2011_0446,
        :message => message,
        :confidence => :high,
        :gem_info => gemfile_or_environment,
        :link_path => "https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rubyonrails-security/8CpI7egxX4E/discussion"
    end
  end

  # Check for javascript encoding of mail_to address
  #    mail_to email, name, :encode => :javascript
  def mail_to_javascript?
    Railroader.debug "Checking calls to mail_to for javascript encoding"

    tracker.find_call(:target => false, :method => :mail_to).each do |result|
      result[:call].each_arg do |arg|
        if hash? arg
          if option = hash_access(arg, :encode)
            return result if symbol? option and option.value == :javascript
          end
        end
      end
    end

    false
  end
end

Version data entries

2 entries across 2 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
railroader-4.3.8	lib/railroader/checks/check_mail_to.rb
railroader-4.3.7	lib/railroader/checks/check_mail_to.rb