CVE-2022-23515

mediumpriority · track · 24EPSS 0.009 · 58 %ileDEEUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.86% (58th) EPSS
CVSS 6.1 · medium
Is it mine?
7 products
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Who says so?
6 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Loofah is a general library for manipulating and transforming HTML/XML documents and fragments, built on top of Nokogiri. Loofah >= 2.1.0, < 2.19.1 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting via the image/svg+xml media type in data URIs. This issue is patched in version 2.19.1.

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remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

  • Fixedruby4.0-rubygem-loofah-0:2.23.1-1.5.aarch64 as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedruby4.0-rubygem-loofah-0:2.23.1-1.5.ppc64le as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedruby4.0-rubygem-loofah-0:2.23.1-1.5.s390x as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedruby4.0-rubygem-loofah-0:2.23.1-1.5.x86_64 as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.1
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.16.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 2.7
v3.16.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.16.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Nsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 2.8 · impact 2.7
v3.16.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Nsecondary · OSV
v3.15.6mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
v3.16.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Nsecondary · SUSE Product Security
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-79USCWE-79US
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affected products (7)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (4)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • WID-SEC-W-2023-0266genua genucenter: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen nicht spezifizierten AngriffDeutsch2023-02-02csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in genua genucenter ausnutzen, um einen nicht näher spezifizierten Angriff durchzuführen.

  • WID-SEC-W-2023-1143Red Hat Satellite: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-05-03csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Red Hat Satellite ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, Informationen offenzulegen, einen Cross-Site-Scripting-Angriff durchzuführen oder einen Denial of Service Zustand herbeizuführen.

  • openSUSE-SU-2026:10353-1ruby4.0-rubygem-loofah-2.23.1-1.5 on GA media2026-03-13csaf · suse_csafDE

    ruby4.0-rubygem-loofah-2.23.1-1.5 on GA media

  • GHSA-228g-948r-83gxImproper neutralization of data URIs may allow XSS in Loofah2022-12-13ghsa · osvUS

    ## Summary Loofah `>= 2.1.0, < 2.19.1` is vulnerable to cross-site scripting via the `image/svg+xml` media type in data URIs. ## Mitigation Upgrade to Loofah `>= 2.19.1`. ## Severity The Loofah maintainers have evaluated this as [Medium Severity 6.1](https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0#CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N). ## References - [CWE - CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (4.9)](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html) - [SVG MIME Type (image/svg+xml) is misleading to developers · Issue #266 · w3c/svgwg](https://github.com/w3c/svgwg/issues/266) - https://hackerone.com/reports/1694173 - https://github.com/flavorjones/loofah/issues/101 ## Credit This vulnerability was responsibly reported by Maciej Piechota (@haqpl).

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also known as (3)

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sources

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cnnvdenisa_euvdcert_bundnvdosvsuse_csafNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2022-12-14modified 2026-06-17
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references (17)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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