Multiple vulnerabilities in Ruby on Rails

Published: 2024-06-13 | Updated: 2024-07-02

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2024-28103 CVE-2024-32464
CWE-ID	CWE-693 CWE-79
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	Ruby on Rails Universal components / Libraries / Scripting languages
Vendor	Rails

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Protection Mechanism Failure

EUVDB-ID: #VU92084

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 2.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-28103

CWE-ID: CWE-693 - Protection Mechanism Failure

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass certain security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to Action Pack set the configurable Permissions-Policy only for responses with an HTML related Content-Type. A remote attacker can bypass implemented security restrictions.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Ruby on Rails: 6.1.0 - 7.1.3.3

External links

http://github.com/rails/rails/security/advisories/GHSA-fwhr-88qx-h9g7
http://github.com/rails/rails/commit/35858f1d9d57f6c4050a8d9ab754bd5d088b4523

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU93641

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.1 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-32464

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

Exploit availability: No

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in ActionText::Attachable::ContentAttachment when parsing attachments. A remote attacker can inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.