XSS in Rubyonrails Html_sanitizer
CVE-2015-7579
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::FullSan…
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
EPSS: 0.002 (37.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
Affected products
- Rubyonrails Html_sanitizer
- Rubyonrails Rails — versions 4.2.0, 4.2.1, 4.2.2
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- [ruby-security-ann] 20160125 [CVE-2015-7579] XSS vulnerability in rails-html-sanitizer (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- FEDORA-2016-3a2606f993 (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
- SUSE-SU-2016:1146 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- 1034816 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- [oss-security] 20160125 [CVE-2015-7579] XSS vulnerability in rails-html-sanitizer (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- FEDORA-2016-59ce8b61dd (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
- SUSE-SU-2016:0391 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- openSUSE-SU-2016:0356 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-7579?
- CVE-2015-7579 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Rubyonrails Html_sanitizer, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-02-16.
- How severe is CVE-2015-7579?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2015-7579 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.