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CVE-2015-7578: Possible XSS vulnerability

February 15, 2016 (updated August 8, 2019)

Certain attributes are not removed from tags when they are sanitized, and these attributes can lead to an XSS attack on target applications.

References

  • groups.google.com/forum/

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 1.0.3

Fixed versions

  • 1.0.3

Solution

Upgrade to latest or apply patches.

Impact 6.1 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/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/rails-html-sanitizer/CVE-2015-7578.yml

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