CVE-2022-23518 (GCVE-0-2022-23518)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-14 16:22 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:45
VLAI?
Title
Improper neutralization of data URIs allows XSS in rails-html-sanitizer
Summary
rails-html-sanitizer is responsible for sanitizing HTML fragments in Rails applications. Versions >= 1.0.3, < 1.4.4 are vulnerable to cross-site scripting via data URIs when used in combination with Loofah >= 2.1.0. This issue is patched in version 1.4.4.
Severity ?
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
rails rails-html-sanitizer Affected: >= 1.0.3, < 1.4.4
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