CVE-2015-2963

thoughtbot paperclip < 4.2.2 - Cross-Site Scripting via Spoofed Content-Type

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The thoughtbot paperclip gem before 4.2.2 for Ruby does not consider the content-type value during media-type validation, which allows remote attackers to upload HTML documents and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a spoofed value, as demonstrated by image/jpeg.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75304
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://robots.thoughtbot.com/paperclip-security-release
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_jvn
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN83881261/index.html
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_jvndb
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2015-000088
Vendor Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/19/3

Scores

EPSS 0.0048
EPSS Percentile 65.3%

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (2)
rubygems/paperclip 0 - 4.2.2RubyGems
thoughtbot/paperclip < 4.2.1
Published Jul 10, 2015
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026