Vulnerability identifier: #VU73275
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 5.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID:
CWE-ID:
CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Network
Exploit availability: No
Vulnerable software:
ActionView
Server applications /
Frameworks for developing and running applications
Vendor: Rails
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 rails-ujs, which leverages the Clipboard API to target HTML elements that are assigned the contenteditable
attribute. A remote attacker can inject 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.
Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versions
ActionView: 5.1.0 - 7.0.4.2
External links
http://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2023-23913-dom-based-cross-site-scripting-in-rails-ujs-for-contenteditable-html-elements/82468
http://github.com/rails/rails/releases/tag/v7.0.4.3
http://github.com/rails/rails/releases/tag/v6.1.7.3
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.