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CVE-2022-23515: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

December 14, 2022 (updated February 1, 2024)

Loofah is a general library for manipulating and transforming HTML/XML documents and fragments, built on top of Nokogiri. Loofah >= 2.1.0, < 2.19.1 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting via the image/svg+xml media type in data URIs. This issue is patched in version 2.19.1.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-228g-948r-83gx
  • github.com/flavorjones/loofah/commit/415677f3cf7f9254f42f811e784985cd63c7407f
  • github.com/flavorjones/loofah/issues/101
  • github.com/flavorjones/loofah/security/advisories/GHSA-228g-948r-83gx
  • github.com/w3c/svgwg/issues/266
  • hackerone.com/reports/1694173
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23515

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 2.1.0 before 2.19.1

Fixed versions

  • 2.19.1

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.19.1 or above.

Impact 6.1 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Source file

gem/loofah/CVE-2022-23515.yml

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