CVE-2015-7579

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the rails-html-sanitizer gem 1.0.2 for Ruby on Rails 4.2.x and 5.x allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an HTML entity that is mishandled by the Rails::Html::FullSanitizer class.

Category

6.1
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.46%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/commit/49dfc1584c5b8e35a4ffabf8356ba3df025e8d3f
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/OU9ugTZcbjc/uksRkSxZEgAJ mailing list
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178046.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816 vdb entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/12 mailing list
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178064.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00024.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00014.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-7579?
CVE-2015-7579 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-7579?
To fix CVE-2015-7579, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2015-7579 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2015-7579 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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