GHSA-R9C2-CR39-C8G6

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2017-10-24 18:33 – Updated: 2023-01-24 14:56
VLAI?
Summary
rails-html-sanitizer Cross-site Scripting vulnerability
Details

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the rails-html-sanitizer gem 1.0.2 for Ruby on Rails 4.2.x and 5.x allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an HTML entity that is mishandled by the Rails::Html::FullSanitizer class.

Severity ?
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
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        "name": "rails-html-sanitizer"
      },
      "ranges": [
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            },
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            }
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        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2015-7579"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-79"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T21:54:13Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the rails-html-sanitizer gem 1.0.2 for Ruby on Rails 4.2.x and 5.x allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an HTML entity that is mishandled by the `Rails::Html::FullSanitizer` class.",
  "id": "GHSA-r9c2-cr39-c8g6",
  "modified": "2023-01-24T14:56:23Z",
  "published": "2017-10-24T18:33:36Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7579"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/commit/49dfc1584c5b8e35a4ffabf8356ba3df025e8d3f"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/OU9ugTZcbjc/uksRkSxZEgAJ"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20160128075017/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178046.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178064.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00014.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00024.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/12"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "rails-html-sanitizer Cross-site Scripting vulnerability"
}


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