XSS in Rubyonrails Rails
CVE-2015-3226
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.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.028 (85.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 85.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.028 · newest: 0.028 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Rubyonrails Rails — versions 3.0.0, 3.1.0, 3.2.0
- Rubyonrails Ruby On Rails — versions 3.2.14
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1033755 (vdb-entry)
- groups.google.com/forum/message/raw (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/75231 (vdb-entry)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/16/17 (mailing-list)
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464 (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-3226?
- CVE-2015-3226 is a vulnerability in Rubyonrails Rails, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2015-07-26.
- Is CVE-2015-3226 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.