CVE-2014-0081

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/number_helper.rb in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.17, 4.0.x before 4.0.3, and 4.1.x before 4.1.0.beta2 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) format, (2) negative_format, or (3) units parameter to the (a) number_to_currency, (b) number_to_percentage, or (c) number_to_human helper.

Published: 2014-02-20 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
View at NVD, CVE.org, EUVD

CVE-2014-0081 is rated Moderate Risk (51.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.03%). EPSS rose +3.15% 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-2014-0081

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 0.89% 4.03% +3.15%
2 2026-03-04 0.66% 0.89% +0.22%
3 2026-03-01 — 0.66% —

Full EPSS history (38 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-0081

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-2014-0081

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2014-0081

GHSA-m46p-ggm5-5j83 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: rubygems — Rails vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-0081

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-0081 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (rails), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0081
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0081
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-0081 medium priority: Ubuntu including 4 source packages (rails, rails-4.0, ruby-actionpack-2.3, ruby-actionpack-3.2), 64 status rows across 16 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, lucid, precise, quantal, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 40, not-affected 13, ignored 8, released 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0081

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-0081

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
rubyonrails rails 0.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 0.9.2 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 0.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 0.9.4 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 0.9.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.9.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 0.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 0.10.1 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 0.11.0 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 0.11.1 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 0.12.0 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 0.12.1 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 0.13.0 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 0.13.1 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 0.14.1 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 0.14.2 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.14.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 0.14.3 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.14.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 0.14.4 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:0.14.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 1.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 1.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 1.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 1.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 1.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 1.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 1.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 1.1.6 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 1.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 1.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 1.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 1.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 1.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 1.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 1.9.5 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:1.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 2.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 2.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 2.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 2.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 2.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 2.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 2.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 2.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 2.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 2.3.9 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 2.3.10 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 2.3.11 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 2.3.12 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 2.3.13 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 2.3.14 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 2.3.15 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 2.3.16 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 3.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 3.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 3.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 3.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 3.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 3.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.0:rc:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 3.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 3.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 3.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.1:pre:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 3.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 3.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.2:pre:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 3.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 3.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.4:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 3.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 3.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.5:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 3.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 3.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.6:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 3.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.6:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 3.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 3.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.7:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 3.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.7:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
rubyonrails rails 3.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-0081

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