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| Vulnerability ID | VCID-adx2-9m5x-bqde |
| Aliases |
CVE-2024-53985
GHSA-w8gc-x259-rc7x |
| Summary | rails-html-sanitizer has XSS vulnerability with certain configurations ## Summary There is a possible XSS vulnerability with certain configurations of Rails::HTML::Sanitizer 1.6.0 when used with Rails >= 7.1.0 and Nokogiri < 1.15.7, or 1.16.x < 1.16.8. * Versions affected: 1.6.0 * Not affected: < 1.6.0 * Fixed versions: 1.6.1 Please note that the fix in v1.6.1 is to update the dependency on Nokogiri to 1.15.7 or >= 1.16.8. ## Impact A possible XSS vulnerability with certain configurations of Rails::HTML::Sanitizer may allow an attacker to inject content if HTML5 sanitization is enabled and the application developer has overridden the sanitizer's allowed tags in either of the following ways: * allow both "math" and "style" elements * or allow both "svg" and "style" elements Code is only impacted if Rails is configured to use HTML5 sanitization, please see documentation for [`config.action_view.sanitizer_vendor`](https://guides.rubyonrails.org/configuring.html#config-action-view-sanitizer-vendor) and [`config.action_text.sanitizer_vendor`](https://guides.rubyonrails.org/configuring.html#config-action-text-sanitizer-vendor) for more information on these configuration options. Code is only impacted if allowed tags are being overridden. Applications may be doing this in a few different ways: 1. using application configuration to configure Action View sanitizers' allowed tags: ```ruby # In config/application.rb config.action_view.sanitized_allowed_tags = ["math", "style"] # or config.action_view.sanitized_allowed_tags = ["svg", "style"] ``` see https://guides.rubyonrails.org/configuring.html#configuring-action-view 2. using a `:tags` option to the Action View helper `sanitize`: ``` <= sanitize @comment.body, tags: ["math", "style"] > <# or> <= sanitize @comment.body, tags: ["svg", "style"] > ``` see https://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/SanitizeHelper.html#method-i-sanitize 3. setting Rails::HTML5::SafeListSanitizer class attribute `allowed_tags`: ```ruby # class-level option Rails::HTML5::SafeListSanitizer.allowed_tags = ["math", "style"] # or Rails::HTML5::SafeListSanitizer.allowed_tags = ["svg", "style"] ``` (note that this class may also be referenced as `Rails::Html::SafeListSanitizer`) 4. using a `:tags` options to the Rails::HTML5::SafeListSanitizer instance method `sanitize`: ```ruby # instance-level option Rails::HTML5::SafeListSanitizer.new.sanitize(@article.body, tags: ["math", "style"]) # or Rails::HTML5::SafeListSanitizer.new.sanitize(@article.body, tags: ["svg", "style"]) ``` (note that this class may also be referenced as `Rails::Html::SafeListSanitizer`) 5. setting ActionText::ContentHelper module attribute `allowed_tags`: ```ruby ActionText::ContentHelper.allowed_tags = ["math", "style"] # or ActionText::ContentHelper.allowed_tags = ["svg", "style"] ``` All users overriding the allowed tags by any of the above mechanisms to include (("math" or "svg") and "style") should either upgrade or use one of the workarounds. ## Workarounds Any one of the following actions will work around this issue: - Remove "style" from the overridden allowed tags, - Or, remove "math" and "svg" from the overridden allowed tags, - Or, downgrade sanitization to HTML4 (see documentation for [`config.action_view.sanitizer_vendor`](https://guides.rubyonrails.org/configuring.html#config-action-view-sanitizer-vendor) and [`config.action_text.sanitizer_vendor`](https://guides.rubyonrails.org/configuring.html#config-action-text-sanitizer-vendor) for more information) - Or, independently upgrade Nokogiri to v1.15.7 or >= 1.16.8. ## References - [CWE - CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (4.9)](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html) - Original report: https://hackerone.com/reports/2503220 ## Credit This vulnerability was responsibly reported by HackerOne user [@taise](https://hackerone.com/taise?type=user). |
| Status | Published |
| Exploitability | 0.5 |
| Weighted Severity | 2.8 |
| Risk | 1.4 |
| Affected and Fixed Packages | Package Details |
| Attack Vector (AV) | Attack Complexity (AC) | Privileges Required (PR) | User Interaction (UI) | Scope (S) | Confidentiality Impact (C) | Integrity Impact (I) | Availability Impact (A) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
network adjacent_network local physical |
low high |
none low high |
none required |
unchanged changed |
high low none |
high low none |
high low none |
| Attack Vector (AV) | Attack Complexity (AC) | Attack Requirements (AT) | Privileges Required (PR) | User Interaction (UI) | Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) | Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) | Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) | Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) | Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) | Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
network adjacent local physical |
low high |
none present |
none low high |
none passive active |
high low none |
high low none |
high low none |
high low none |
high low none |
high low none |
| Attack Vector (AV) | Attack Complexity (AC) | Attack Requirements (AT) | Privileges Required (PR) | User Interaction (UI) | Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) | Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) | Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) | Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) | Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) | Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
network adjacent local physical |
low high |
none present |
none low high |
none passive active |
high low none |
high low none |
high low none |
high low none |
high low none |
high low none |
| Attack Vector (AV) | Attack Complexity (AC) | Attack Requirements (AT) | Privileges Required (PR) | User Interaction (UI) | Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) | Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) | Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) | Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) | Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) | Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
network adjacent local physical |
low high |
none present |
none low high |
none passive active |
high low none |
high low none |
high low none |
high low none |
high low none |
high low none |
| Percentile | 0.17329 |
| EPSS Score | 0.00045 |
| Published At | Dec. 3, 2024, midnight |
| Date | Actor | Action | Source | VulnerableCode Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-04T05:51:59.955182+00:00 | Ruby Importer | Import | https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rails-html-sanitizer/CVE-2024-53985.yml | 35.0.0 |