CVE-2022-23520

6.1 MEDIUM
Published: December 14, 2022 Modified: November 03, 2025

Description

rails-html-sanitizer is responsible for sanitizing HTML fragments in Rails applications. Prior to version 1.4.4, there is a possible XSS vulnerability with certain configurations of Rails::Html::Sanitizer due to an incomplete fix of CVE-2022-32209. Rails::Html::Sanitizer may allow an attacker to inject content if the application developer has overridden the sanitizer's allowed tags to allow both "select" and "style" elements. Code is only impacted if allowed tags are being overridden. This issue is patched in version 1.4.4. All users overriding the allowed tags to include both "select" and "style" should either upgrade or use this workaround: Remove either "select" or "style" from the overridden allowed tags. NOTE: Code is _not_ impacted if allowed tags are overridden using either the :tags option to the Action View helper method sanitize or the :tags option to the instance method SafeListSanitizer#sanitize.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/security/advisories/GHSA-rrfc-7g8p-99q8
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/1654310
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00012.html
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/security/advisories/GHSA-rrfc-7g8p-99q8
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/1654310
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00012.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory

7 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
6.1 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.4%
58th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

rubyonrails debian