CVE-2024-53989
Rails Html Sanitizer Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Description
rails-html-sanitizer is responsible for sanitizing HTML fragments in Rails applications. There is a possible XSS vulnerability with certain configurations of Rails::HTML::Sanitizer 1.6.0 when used with Rails >= 7.1.0. 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 for the the "noscript" element. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.6.1.
INFO
Published Date :
Dec. 2, 2024, 9:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Aug. 15, 2025, 7:41 p.m.
Remotely Exploit :
Yes !
Source :
[email protected]
Affected Products
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CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM | [email protected] | ||||
| CVSS 4.0 | LOW | [email protected] |
Solution
- There is no known solution at this time.
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Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 15, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails_html_sanitizers:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:rails:*:* Added Reference Type GitHub, Inc.: https://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/commit/16251735e36ebdc302e2f90f2a39cad56879414f Types: Patch Added Reference Type GitHub, Inc.: https://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/security/advisories/GHSA-rxv5-gxqc-xx8g Types: Vendor Advisory -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 02, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X Removed CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X -
New CVE Received by [email protected]
Dec. 02, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description rails-html-sanitizer is responsible for sanitizing HTML fragments in Rails applications. There is a possible XSS vulnerability with certain configurations of Rails::HTML::Sanitizer 1.6.0 when used with Rails >= 7.1.0. 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 for the the "noscript" element. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.6.1. Added CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X Added CWE CWE-79 Added Reference https://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/commit/16251735e36ebdc302e2f90f2a39cad56879414f Added Reference https://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/security/advisories/GHSA-rxv5-gxqc-xx8g