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Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting rails package, versions <2:4.2.7.1-1

Severity

 Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.31% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-RAILS-1558436
  • published7 Sept 2016
  • disclosed7 Sept 2016
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Introduced: 7 Sep 2016

CVE-2016-6316  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 rails to version 2:4.2.7.1-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rails package and not the rails package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.