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

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.44% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-RAILS-18427196
  • published30 Jul 2026
  • 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 Echo:latest 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 Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest 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.