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CVE-2022-23518

Published: Dec 14, 2022

Modified: Nov 3, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.0

6.1

MEDIUM

Description

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
rails	rails-html-sanitizer	affected `>= 1.0.3, < 1.4.4`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.0 Details

CVSS v3.0 Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

References

https://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/security/advisories/GHSA-mcvf-2q2m-x72m

x_refsource_CONFIRM

https://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/issues/135

x_refsource_MISC

https://hackerone.com/reports/1694173

x_refsource_MISC

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00012.html

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