XSS in Rubyonrails Rails
CVE-2016-6316
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Action View in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.22.3, 4.x before 4.2.7.1, and 5.x before 5.0.0.1 might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via text declared as "HTML safe" a…
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
EPSS: 0.016 (82.2th 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 Rails — versions 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2
- Rubyonrails Ruby_on_rails — versions 3.0.4, 3.2.14, 3.2.15
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- RHSA-2016:1856 (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- 92430 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- RHSA-2016:1855 (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- [oss-security] 20160811 [CVE-2016-6316] Possible XSS Vulnerability in Action View (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Third Party Advisory)
- RHSA-2016:1858 (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- RHSA-2016:1857 (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- [ruby-security-ann] 20160811 [CVE-2016-6316] Possible XSS Vulnerability in Action View (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- DSA-3651 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-6316?
- CVE-2016-6316 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Rubyonrails Rails, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-09-07.
- How severe is CVE-2016-6316?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2016-6316 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.