Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting ruby-rails-html-sanitizer package, versions <1.4.4-1
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- published 15 Dec 2022
- disclosed 14 Dec 2022
Introduced: 14 Dec 2022
CVE-2022-23518 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable ruby-rails-html-sanitizer to version 1.4.4-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby-rails-html-sanitizer package and not the ruby-rails-html-sanitizer package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.
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
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-23518
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1694173
- https://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/security/advisories/GHSA-mcvf-2q2m-x72m
- https://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/issues/135
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00012.html