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CVE-2015-7580: XSS vulnerability - white list bypass

February 15, 2016 (updated August 8, 2019)

Carefully crafted strings can cause user input to bypass the sanitization in the white list sanitizer which can lead to an XSS attack.

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-2015-7580.yml

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