{"cve":"CVE-2013-0175","nvd":{"published":"2013-04-25T23:55:01.410","modified":"2026-06-16T23:48:54.593","status":"Modified","description":"multi_xml gem 0.5.2 for Ruby, as used in Grape before 0.2.6 and possibly other products, does not properly restrict casts of string values, which allows remote attackers to conduct object-injection attacks and execute arbitrary code, or cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) involving nested XML entity references, by leveraging support for (1) YAML type conversion or (2) Symbol type conversion, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2013-0156.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-20"],"references":["http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/11/9","https://gist.github.com/nate/d7f6d9f4925f413621aa","https://github.com/sferik/multi_xml/pull/34","https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#%21topic/ruby-grape/fthDkMgIOa0","https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5040457"],"products":["erik_michaels-ober:multi_xml","grape_project:grape"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:29:16.037019470+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2013-0175","score":0.03726,"percentile":0.89807,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-pchc-949f-53m5","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-pchc-949f-53m5","summary":"Improper Input Validation in multi_xml","modified":"2024-12-04T05:42:01.958665Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"RubyGems","name":"multi_xml","purl":"pkg:gem/multi_xml","ranges":["<0.5.2"],"fixed":["0.5.2"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}