CVE-2020-4054

HIGH

Sanitize < 5.2.1 - XSS

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

In Sanitize (RubyGem sanitize) greater than or equal to 3.0.0 and less than 5.2.1, there is a cross-site scripting vulnerability. When HTML is sanitized using Sanitize's "relaxed" config, or a custom config that allows certain elements, some content in a math or svg element may not be sanitized correctly even if math and svg are not in the allowlist. You are likely to be vulnerable to this issue if you use Sanitize's relaxed config or a custom config that allows one or more of the following HTML elements: iframe, math, noembed, noframes, noscript, plaintext, script, style, svg, xmp. Using carefully crafted input, an attacker may be able to sneak arbitrary HTML through Sanitize, potentially resulting in XSS (cross-site scripting) or other undesired behavior when that HTML is rendered in a browser. This has been fixed in 5.2.1.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/rgrove/sanitize/releases/tag/v5.2.1
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4543-1/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4730

Scores

CVSS v3 7.3
EPSS 0.0048
EPSS Percentile 65.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (2)
rubygems/sanitize 3.0.0 - 5.2.1RubyGems
sanitize_project/sanitize 3.0.0 - 5.2.1
Published Jun 16, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026