# 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 in

- Also known as: GHSA-R9C2-CR39-C8G6
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.0.3
- Published: 2016-02-16 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- rails-html-sanitizer (RubyGems): fixed in 1.0.3

## 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 mishandled by the Rails::Html::FullSanitizer class.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, rails-html-sanitizer, upgrade to a fixed version (1.0.3) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/commit/49dfc1584c5b8e35a4ffabf8356ba3df025e8d3f
- https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/OU9ugTZcbjc/uksRkSxZEgAJ
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178046.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/12
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178064.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00024.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00014.html

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