CVE-2022-23518 (GCVE-0-2022-23518)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-14 16:22 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:45
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
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)
CWE
- CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
5 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/sec… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/iss… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://hackerone.com/reports/1694173 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023… | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024… |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rails | rails-html-sanitizer |
Affected:
>= 1.0.3, < 1.4.4
|
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