CVE-2015-7579
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 2.58 % · percentile 85 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- redhat
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
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.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-79 — Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
References
- https://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/commit/49dfc1584c5b8e35a4ffabf8356ba3df025e8d3f
- https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/OU9ugTZcbjc/uksRkSxZEgAJ
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178046.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/12
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178064.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00024.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00014.html
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.0 | MEDIUM 6.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
Advisories
- GHSA-r9c2-cr39-c8g6 — rails-html-sanitizer Cross-site Scripting vulnerability
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2017-0299
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2015-7579
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2016-AVI-037 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Ruby On Rails · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:html_sanitizer:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*≤ 1.0.2
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| affected n/a |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |