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" and used as attribute values in tag handlers.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.034 (88.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 88.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.034 · newest: 0.034 · change: 0.000
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 Linux — versions 8.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1856.html (vendor-advisory)
- puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-6316
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/92430 (vdb-entry)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1855.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/11/3 (mailing-list, Third Party Advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1858.html (vendor-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1857.html (vendor-advisory)
- weblog.rubyonrails.org/2016/8/11/Rails-5-0-0-1-4-2-7-2-and-3-2-22-3-have-been-r… (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- groups.google.com/forum/ (mailing-list)
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3651 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
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.