Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting ruby-loofah package, versions <2.2.3-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.31% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-RUBYLOOFAH-264700
  • published2 Dec 2018
  • disclosed30 Oct 2018

Introduced: 30 Oct 2018

CVE-2018-16468  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 ruby-loofah to version 2.2.3-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby-loofah package and not the ruby-loofah package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Loofah gem for Ruby, through v2.2.2, unsanitized JavaScript may occur in sanitized output when a crafted SVG element is republished.