ubuntu-cve-2023-23913
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2025-01-09 01:15
Modified
2026-05-20 15:02
Summary
Details
There is a potential DOM based cross-site scripting issue in rails-ujs which leverages the Clipboard API to target HTML elements that are assigned the contenteditable attribute. This has the potential to occur when pasting malicious HTML content from the clipboard that includes a data-method, data-remote or data-disable-with attribute.
Severity
6.3 (Medium)
N/A (UNKNOWN)
References
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"details": "There is a potential DOM based cross-site scripting issue in rails-ujs which leverages the Clipboard API to target HTML elements that are assigned the contenteditable attribute. This has the potential to occur when pasting malicious HTML content from the clipboard that includes a data-method, data-remote or data-disable-with attribute.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-23913",
"modified": "2026-05-20T15:02:29Z",
"published": "2025-01-09T01:15:00Z",
"references": [
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"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-23913"
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"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/5037a13614d71727af8a175063bcf6ba1a74bdbd"
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"url": "https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2023-23913-dom-based-cross-site-scripting-in-rails-ujs-for-contenteditable-html-elements/82468"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-23913"
}
],
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"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
],
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]
}
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