CVE-2016-6316

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Action View in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.22.3, 4.x before 4.2.7.1, and 5.x before 5.0.0.1 might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via text declared as "HTML safe" and used as attribute values in tag handlers.

Category

6.1
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.34% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory rubyonrails.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1856.html vendor advisory
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-6316
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92430 vdb entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1855.html vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/11/3 third party advisory mailing list
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1858.html vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1857.html vendor advisory
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2016/8/11/Rails-5-0-0-1-4-2-7-2-and-3-2-22-3-have-been-released/ release notes vendor advisory
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/ruby-security-ann/8B2iV2tPRSE mailing list
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3651 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-6316?
CVE-2016-6316 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-6316?
To fix CVE-2016-6316, 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-2016-6316 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2016-6316 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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