CVE-2015-7580

MEDIUM

rails-html-sanitizer < 1.0.3 - Cross-Site Scripting via CDATA Node

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in lib/rails/html/scrubbers.rb in the rails-html-sanitizer gem before 1.0.3 for Ruby on Rails 4.2.x and 5.x allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted CDATA node.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/15
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1
EPSS 0.0016
EPSS Percentile 36.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (2)
rubygems/rails-html-sanitizer 0 - 1.0.3RubyGems
rubyonrails/html_sanitizer < 1.0.2
Published Feb 16, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026