GHSA-W8GC-X259-RC7X
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-12-02 21:48 – Updated: 2024-12-03 18:50Summary
There is a possible XSS vulnerability with certain configurations of Rails::HTML::Sanitizer 1.6.0 when used with Rails >= 7.1.0 and Nokogiri < 1.15.7, or 1.16.x < 1.16.8.
- Versions affected: 1.6.0
- Not affected: < 1.6.0
- Fixed versions: 1.6.1
Please note that the fix in v1.6.1 is to update the dependency on Nokogiri to 1.15.7 or >= 1.16.8.
Impact
A possible XSS vulnerability with certain configurations of Rails::HTML::Sanitizer may allow an attacker to inject content if HTML5 sanitization is enabled and the application developer has overridden the sanitizer's allowed tags in either of the following ways:
- allow both "math" and "style" elements
- or allow both "svg" and "style" elements
Code is only impacted if Rails is configured to use HTML5 sanitization, please see documentation for config.action_view.sanitizer_vendor and config.action_text.sanitizer_vendor for more information on these configuration options.
Code is only impacted if allowed tags are being overridden. Applications may be doing this in a few different ways:
- using application configuration to configure Action View sanitizers' allowed tags:
ruby
# In config/application.rb
config.action_view.sanitized_allowed_tags = ["math", "style"]
# or
config.action_view.sanitized_allowed_tags = ["svg", "style"]
see https://guides.rubyonrails.org/configuring.html#configuring-action-view
- using a
:tagsoption to the Action View helpersanitize:
<%= sanitize @comment.body, tags: ["math", "style"] %>
<%# or %>
<%= sanitize @comment.body, tags: ["svg", "style"] %>
see https://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/SanitizeHelper.html#method-i-sanitize
- setting Rails::HTML5::SafeListSanitizer class attribute
allowed_tags:
ruby
# class-level option
Rails::HTML5::SafeListSanitizer.allowed_tags = ["math", "style"]
# or
Rails::HTML5::SafeListSanitizer.allowed_tags = ["svg", "style"]
(note that this class may also be referenced as Rails::Html::SafeListSanitizer)
- using a
:tagsoptions to the Rails::HTML5::SafeListSanitizer instance methodsanitize:
ruby
# instance-level option
Rails::HTML5::SafeListSanitizer.new.sanitize(@article.body, tags: ["math", "style"])
# or
Rails::HTML5::SafeListSanitizer.new.sanitize(@article.body, tags: ["svg", "style"])
(note that this class may also be referenced as Rails::Html::SafeListSanitizer)
- setting ActionText::ContentHelper module attribute
allowed_tags:
ruby
ActionText::ContentHelper.allowed_tags = ["math", "style"]
# or
ActionText::ContentHelper.allowed_tags = ["svg", "style"]
All users overriding the allowed tags by any of the above mechanisms to include (("math" or "svg") and "style") should either upgrade or use one of the workarounds.
Workarounds
Any one of the following actions will work around this issue:
- Remove "style" from the overridden allowed tags,
- Or, remove "math" and "svg" from the overridden allowed tags,
- Or, downgrade sanitization to HTML4 (see documentation for
config.action_view.sanitizer_vendorandconfig.action_text.sanitizer_vendorfor more information) - Or, independently upgrade Nokogiri to v1.15.7 or >= 1.16.8.
References
- CWE - CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (4.9)
- Original report: https://hackerone.com/reports/2503220
Credit
This vulnerability was responsibly reported by So Sakaguchi (mokusou) and taise.
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"aliases": [
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"cwe_ids": [
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"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2024-12-02T21:48:14Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2024-12-02T22:15:11Z",
"severity": "LOW"
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"details": "## Summary\n\nThere is a possible XSS vulnerability with certain configurations of Rails::HTML::Sanitizer 1.6.0 when used with Rails \u003e= 7.1.0 and Nokogiri \u003c 1.15.7, or 1.16.x \u003c 1.16.8.\n\n* Versions affected: 1.6.0\n* Not affected: \u003c 1.6.0\n* Fixed versions: 1.6.1\n\nPlease note that the fix in v1.6.1 is to update the dependency on Nokogiri to 1.15.7 or \u003e= 1.16.8.\n\n\n## Impact\n\nA possible XSS vulnerability with certain configurations of Rails::HTML::Sanitizer may allow an attacker to inject content if HTML5 sanitization is enabled and the application developer has overridden the sanitizer\u0027s allowed tags in either of the following ways:\n\n* allow both \"math\" and \"style\" elements\n* or allow both \"svg\" and \"style\" elements\n\nCode is only impacted if Rails is configured to use HTML5 sanitization, please see documentation for [`config.action_view.sanitizer_vendor`](https://guides.rubyonrails.org/configuring.html#config-action-view-sanitizer-vendor) and [`config.action_text.sanitizer_vendor`](https://guides.rubyonrails.org/configuring.html#config-action-text-sanitizer-vendor) for more information on these configuration options.\n\nCode is only impacted if allowed tags are being overridden. Applications may be doing this in a few different ways:\n\n1. using application configuration to configure Action View sanitizers\u0027 allowed tags:\n\n ```ruby\n # In config/application.rb\n config.action_view.sanitized_allowed_tags = [\"math\", \"style\"]\n # or\n config.action_view.sanitized_allowed_tags = [\"svg\", \"style\"]\n ```\n\n see https://guides.rubyonrails.org/configuring.html#configuring-action-view\n\n2. using a `:tags` option to the Action View helper `sanitize`:\n\n ```\n \u003c%= sanitize @comment.body, tags: [\"math\", \"style\"] %\u003e\n \u003c%# or %\u003e\n \u003c%= sanitize @comment.body, tags: [\"svg\", \"style\"] %\u003e\n ```\n\n see https://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/SanitizeHelper.html#method-i-sanitize\n\n3. setting Rails::HTML5::SafeListSanitizer class attribute `allowed_tags`:\n\n ```ruby\n # class-level option\n Rails::HTML5::SafeListSanitizer.allowed_tags = [\"math\", \"style\"]\n # or\n Rails::HTML5::SafeListSanitizer.allowed_tags = [\"svg\", \"style\"]\n ```\n\n (note that this class may also be referenced as `Rails::Html::SafeListSanitizer`)\n\n4. using a `:tags` options to the Rails::HTML5::SafeListSanitizer instance method `sanitize`:\n\n ```ruby\n # instance-level option\n Rails::HTML5::SafeListSanitizer.new.sanitize(@article.body, tags: [\"math\", \"style\"])\n # or\n Rails::HTML5::SafeListSanitizer.new.sanitize(@article.body, tags: [\"svg\", \"style\"])\n ```\n\n (note that this class may also be referenced as `Rails::Html::SafeListSanitizer`)\n\n5. setting ActionText::ContentHelper module attribute `allowed_tags`:\n\n ```ruby\n ActionText::ContentHelper.allowed_tags = [\"math\", \"style\"]\n # or\n ActionText::ContentHelper.allowed_tags = [\"svg\", \"style\"]\n ```\n\nAll users overriding the allowed tags by any of the above mechanisms to include ((\"math\" or \"svg\") and \"style\") should either upgrade or use one of the workarounds.\n\n\n## Workarounds\n\nAny one of the following actions will work around this issue:\n\n- Remove \"style\" from the overridden allowed tags,\n- Or, remove \"math\" and \"svg\" from the overridden allowed tags,\n- Or, downgrade sanitization to HTML4 (see documentation for [`config.action_view.sanitizer_vendor`](https://guides.rubyonrails.org/configuring.html#config-action-view-sanitizer-vendor) and [`config.action_text.sanitizer_vendor`](https://guides.rubyonrails.org/configuring.html#config-action-text-sanitizer-vendor) for more information)\n- Or, independently upgrade Nokogiri to v1.15.7 or \u003e= 1.16.8.\n\n\n## References\n\n- [CWE - CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (\u0027Cross-site Scripting\u0027) (4.9)](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html)\n- Original report: https://hackerone.com/reports/2503220\n\n\n## Credit\n\nThis vulnerability was responsibly reported by So Sakaguchi ([mokusou](https://hackerone.com/mokusou)) and [taise](https://hackerone.com/taise).\n",
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"modified": "2024-12-03T18:50:29Z",
"published": "2024-12-02T21:48:14Z",
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"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N",
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
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- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
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- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.