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Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2015-7579

CVE-2015-7579

MEDIUM6.1

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the rails-html-sanitizer gem 1

Published Feb 16, 2016

Modified 1 years ago

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.

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178046.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178064.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00014.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00024.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/12

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816

https://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/commit/49dfc1584c5b8e35a4ffabf8356ba3df025e8d3f

https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/OU9ugTZcbjc/uksRkSxZEgAJ

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7579

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.0

6.1

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

RequiredUI:R

Scope

Scope

ChangedS:C

Impact

Confidentiality

LowC:L

Integrity

LowI:L

Availability

NoneA:N

6.1/CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedFeb 16, 2016

ModifiedAug 6, 2024

CVE-2015-7579 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence