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CVE-2024-21636GHSA-WF2X-8W6J-QW37

view_component Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 3.9.0, 2.83.0
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

view_component is a framework for building reusable, testable, and encapsulated view components in Ruby on Rails. Versions prior to 3.9.0 and 2.83.0 have a cross-site scripting vulnerability that has the potential to impact anyone rendering a component directly from a controller with the view_component gem. Note that only components that define a `#call` method (i.e. instead of using a sidecar template) are affected. The return value of the `#call` method is not sanitized and can include user-defined content. In addition, the return value of the `#output_postamble` methodis not sanitized, which can also lead to cross-site scripting issues. Versions 3.9.0 and 2.83.0 have been released and fully mitigate both the `#call` and the `#output_postamble` vulnerabilities. As a workaround, sanitize the return value of `#call`.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • ViewComponent view_component

    From 3.0.0 · fixed in 3.9.0; fixed in 2.83.0

  • view_componentRubyGems

    From 3.0.0 · fixed in 3.9.0

  • view_componentRubyGems

    fixed in 2.83.0

References 5

GitHub · ViewComponent/view_component