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CVE-2023-36823: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

July 6, 2023 (updated December 22, 2023)

Sanitize is an allowlist-based HTML and CSS sanitizer. Using carefully crafted input, an attacker may be able to sneak arbitrary HTML and CSS through Sanitize starting with version 3.0.0 and prior to version 6.0.2 when Sanitize is configured to use the built-in “relaxed” config or when using a custom config that allows style elements and one or more CSS at-rules. This could result in cross-site scripting or other undesired behavior when the malicious HTML and CSS are rendered in a browser. Sanitize 6.0.2 performs additional escaping of CSS in style element content, which fixes this issue. Users who are unable to upgrade can prevent this issue by using a Sanitize config that does not allow style elements, using a Sanitize config that does not allow CSS at-rules, or by manually escaping the character sequence </ as <\/ in style element content.

References

  • github.com/rgrove/sanitize/commit/76ed46e6dc70820f38efe27de8dabd54dddb5220
  • github.com/rgrove/sanitize/releases/tag/v6.0.2
  • github.com/rgrove/sanitize/security/advisories/GHSA-f5ww-cq3m-q3g7
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-36823

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 3.0.0 before 6.0.2

Fixed versions

  • 6.0.2

Solution

Upgrade to version 6.0.2 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/sanitize/CVE-2023-36823.yml

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