CVE-2015-7579
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the rails-html-sanitizer gem 1.0.2 for Ruby on Rails 4.2.x and 5.x allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an HTML entity that is
02 Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the rails-html-sanitizer gem 1.0.2 for Ruby on Rails 4.2.x and 5.x allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an HTML entity that is
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.57% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 85.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-02-16 02:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 07:51Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-09-29
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 0742a77de2cca7e10c63af2ae64e5517b8199824c7ef2226c1954b4699a3cfcb
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/commit/49dfc1584c5b8e35a4ffabf8356ba3df025e8d3f
- groups.google.com[ruby-security-ann] 20160125 [CVE-2015-7579] XSS vulnerability in rails-html-sanitizerhttps://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/OU9ugTZcbjc/uksRkSxZEgAJ
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-3a2606f993http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178046.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1146http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html
- www.securitytracker.com1034816http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160125 [CVE-2015-7579] XSS vulnerability in rails-html-sanitizerhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/12
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-59ce8b61ddhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178064.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:0391http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00024.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:0356http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00014.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- ruby-rails-html-sanitizer Fixed in 1.0.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- ruby-rails-html-sanitizer Fixed in 1.0.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- ruby-rails-html-sanitizer Fixed in 1.0.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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