CVE-2016-6316

MEDIUM

Ruby on Rails <3.2.22.3-4.2.7.1-5.0.0.1 - XSS

Title source: llm

Description

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.

References (10)

[Vendor Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1855.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1856.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1857.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1858.html

[Release Notes, Vendor Advisory] http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2016/8/11/Rails-5-0-0-1-4-2-7-2-and-3-2-22-3-have-been-released/

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3651

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/11/3

[Mailing List] https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/ruby-security-ann/8B2iV2tPRSE

[Various Sources] https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-6316

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92430

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1

EPSS 0.0163

EPSS Percentile 81.7%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Classification

CWE

CWE-79

Status published

Affected Products (50)

rubyonrails/rails

rubyonrails/rails

rubyonrails/rails

rubyonrails/rails

rubyonrails/rails

rubyonrails/rails

rubyonrails/rails

rubyonrails/rails

rubyonrails/rails

rubyonrails/rails

rubyonrails/rails

rubyonrails/rails

rubyonrails/rails

rubyonrails/rails

rubyonrails/rails

... and 35 more

Timeline

Published Sep 07, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026