CVE-2015-7579

6.1 MEDIUM
Published: February 16, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026
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Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the rails-html-sanitizer gem 1.0.2 for Ruby on Rails 4.2.x and 5.x allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an HTML entity that is mishandled by the Rails::Html::FullSanitizer class.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178046.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178064.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00014.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00024.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/12
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/commit/49dfc1584c5b8e35a4ffabf8356ba3df025e8d3f
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/OU9ugTZcbjc/uksRkSxZEgAJ
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178046.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178064.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00014.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00024.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/12
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/commit/49dfc1584c5b8e35a4ffabf8356ba3df025e8d3f
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/OU9ugTZcbjc/uksRkSxZEgAJ
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

18 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
6.1 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.2%
37th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

Affected Vendors

rubyonrails

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