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CVE-2015-7580 Detail

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in lib/rails/html/scrubbers.rb in the rails-html-sanitizer gem before 1.0.3 for Ruby on Rails 4.2.x and 5.x allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted CDATA node.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00014.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00024.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/15
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816
https://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/commit/63903b0eaa6d2a4e1c91bc86008256c4c8335e78
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/uh--W4TDwmI/m_CVZtdbFQAJ

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-7580
NVD Published Date:
02/15/2016
NVD Last Modified:
08/08/2019
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.