6.3
MEDIUM
CVE-2023-23913
Rails-ujs Clipboard API DOM XSS
Description

There is a potential DOM based cross-site scripting issue in rails-ujs which leverages the Clipboard API to target HTML elements that are assigned the contenteditable attribute. This has the potential to occur when pasting malicious HTML content from the clipboard that includes a data-method, data-remote or data-disable-with attribute.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 9, 2025, 1:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Jan. 9, 2025, 6:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.4

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2023-23913 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-23913 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Jan. 09, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
    Added CWE CWE-79
  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jan. 09, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description There is a potential DOM based cross-site scripting issue in rails-ujs which leverages the Clipboard API to target HTML elements that are assigned the contenteditable attribute. This has the potential to occur when pasting malicious HTML content from the clipboard that includes a data-method, data-remote or data-disable-with attribute.
    Added Reference https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1033263
    Added Reference https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2023-23913-dom-based-cross-site-scripting-in-rails-ujs-for-contenteditable-html-elements/82468
    Added Reference https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/5037a13614d71727af8a175063bcf6ba1a74bdbd
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240605-0007/
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5389
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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