CVE-2013-6459

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.

Published: 2013-12-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-6459 is rated Moderate Risk (47.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.21%). EPSS rose +1.95% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-6459

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.26% 2.21% +1.95%
2 2026-04-08 0.36% 0.26% -0.11%
3 2026-03-03 — 0.36% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-6459

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-6459

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2013-6459

GHSA-8r6h-7x9g-xmw9 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: rubygems — will_paginate Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-6459

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2013-6459 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ruby-will-paginate), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6459
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6459
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-6459 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (libwill-paginate-ruby, ruby-will-paginate), 26 status rows across 13 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 13, not-affected 6, ignored 5, needs-triage 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-6459

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-6459

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mislav_marohnic will_paginate <= 3.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:mislav_marohnic:will_paginate:*:-:-:*:-:ruby:*:*
mislav_marohnic will_paginate 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:mislav_marohnic:will_paginate:3.0:-:-:*:-:ruby:*:*
mislav_marohnic will_paginate 3.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mislav_marohnic:will_paginate:3.0.1:-:-:*:-:ruby:*:*
mislav_marohnic will_paginate 3.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:mislav_marohnic:will_paginate:3.0.2:-:-:*:-:ruby:*:*
mislav_marohnic will_paginate 3.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:mislav_marohnic:will_paginate:3.0.3:-:-:*:-:ruby:*:*

References for CVE-2013-6459

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