PT-2016-3815

CVE-2015-7578

Published

2016-02-07

Updated

2026-03-13

Description by

CVSS 3.1

6.1

Medium

MetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions rails-html-sanitizer gem versions prior to 1.0.3 Ruby on Rails versions 4.2.x and 5.x

Description The issue allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted tag attributes, which can lead to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. This occurs due to a vulnerability in the rails-html-sanitizer gem.

Recommendations For rails-html-sanitizer gem versions prior to 1.0.3, update to version 1.0.3 or later to resolve the issue. For Ruby on Rails versions 4.2.x and 5.x, ensure the rails-html-sanitizer gem is updated to version 1.0.3 or later to mitigate the risk of XSS attacks.

Exploitability

Fix

Impacts

Researchers

Ben Murphy

Marien

Vendors

Affected products

Weakness enumeration

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (\'Cross-site Scripting\')

Related identifiers

CVE-2015-7578