CVE-2022-23518

MEDIUM

rails-html-sanitizer 1.0.3-1.4.3 - Cross-Site Scripting via Data URIs with Loofah

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

rails-html-sanitizer is responsible for sanitizing HTML fragments in Rails applications. Versions >= 1.0.3, < 1.4.4 are vulnerable to cross-site scripting via data URIs when used in combination with Loofah >= 2.1.0. This issue is patched in version 1.4.4.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/issues/135
Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://hackerone.com/reports/1694173

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1
EPSS 0.0031
EPSS Percentile 54.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (4)
debian/debian_linux 10.0
loofah_project/loofah 2.1.0 - 2.19.1
rubygems/rails-html-sanitizer 1.0.3 - 1.4.4RubyGems
rubyonrails/rails_html_sanitizers 1.0.3 - 1.4.4
Published Dec 14, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026