ubuntu-cve-2015-3226
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2015-07-26 22:59
Modified
2025-07-16 04:50
Summary
Details

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in json/encoding.rb in Active Support in Ruby on Rails 3.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.11 and 4.2.x before 4.2.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted Hash that is mishandled during JSON encoding.

Severity
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "affected": [
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        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
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            "binary_name": "rails",
            "binary_version": "2:4.2.5-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ruby-actionmailer",
            "binary_version": "2:4.2.5-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ruby-actionpack",
            "binary_version": "2:4.2.5-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ruby-actionview",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ruby-activejob",
            "binary_version": "2:4.2.5-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ruby-activemodel",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ruby-activerecord",
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          },
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            "binary_name": "ruby-activesupport",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ruby-rails",
            "binary_version": "2:4.2.5-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ruby-railties",
            "binary_version": "2:4.2.5-1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "rails",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/rails@2:4.2.5-1?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2:4.2.5-1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2:4.1.10-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in json/encoding.rb in Active Support in Ruby on Rails 3.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.11 and 4.2.x before 4.2.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted Hash that is mishandled during JSON encoding.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3226",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T04:50:48Z",
  "published": "2015-07-26T22:59:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3226"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/7VlB_pck3hU/3QZrGIaQW6cJ"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3226"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2015-3226"
  ],
  "withdrawn": "2025-07-18T16:43:12Z"
}



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