Cross-site scripting in rails-html-sanitizer - CVE-2022-32209

Vulnerability identifier: #VU66704

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-32209

CWE-ID: CWE-79

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data passed to "Rails::Html::SanitizerThere". A remote attacker can bypass implemented filters and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

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Install update from vendor's website.

rails-html-sanitizer - update to 1.4.3
ruby2.1-rubygem-rails-html-sanitizer - update to 1.0.3-8.11.1
ruby2.5-rubygem-rails-html-sanitizer - update to 1.0.4-150000.4.3.1
ruby2.5-rubygem-rails-html-sanitizer-doc - update to 1.0.4-150000.4.3.1
ruby2.5-rubygem-rails-html-sanitizer-testsuite - update to 1.0.4-150000.4.3.1
rubygem-rails-html-sanitizer - addressed in versions 1.4.3-1.fc35, 1.4.3-1.fc36, 1.4.3-1.fc37

• https://hackerone.com/reports/1530898
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NHDACMCLWE32BZZTSNWQPIFUAD5I6Q47/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AGRLWBEB3S5AU3D4TTROIS7O6QPHDTRH/

• Cross-site scripting in Rails Html Sanitizer
• SUSE update for rubygem-rails-html-sanitizer
• SUSE update for rubygem-rails-html-sanitizer
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat Satellite 6.12
• Fedora 37 update for rubygem-rails-html-sanitizer
• Fedora 36 update for rubygem-rails-html-sanitizer
• Fedora 35 update for rubygem-rails-html-sanitizer