CVE-2024-53985
mediumpriority · track · 24EPSS 0.006 · 48 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
rails-html-sanitizer is responsible for sanitizing HTML fragments in Rails applications. There is a possible XSS vulnerability with certain configurations of Rails::HTML::Sanitizer 1.6.0 when used with Rails >= 7.1.0 and Nokogiri < 1.15.7, or 1.16.x < 1.16.8. The XSS vulnerability with certain configurations of Rails::HTML::Sanitizer may allow an attacker to inject content if HTML5 sanitization is enabled and the application developer has overridden the sanitizer's allowed tags with both "math" and "style" elements or both both "svg" and "style" elements. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.6.1.
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affected products (7)
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- rubyonrails rails html sanitizers= 1.6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails_html_sanitizers:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
advisories (2)
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- WID-SEC-W-2024-3581Ruby on Rails: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Cross-Site ScriptingDeutsch2024-12-02csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen im Ruby on Rails html-sanitizer ausnutzen, um einen Cross-Site Scripting Angriff durchzuführen.
- GHSA-w8gc-x259-rc7xrails-html-sanitize has XSS vulnerability with certain configurations2024-12-02ghsa · osvUS
## Summary There is a possible XSS vulnerability with certain configurations of Rails::HTML::Sanitizer 1.6.0 when used with Rails >= 7.1.0 and Nokogiri < 1.15.7, or 1.16.x < 1.16.8. * Versions affected: 1.6.0 * Not affected: < 1.6.0 * Fixed versions: 1.6.1 Please note that the fix in v1.6.1 is to update the dependency on Nokogiri to 1.15.7 or >= 1.16.8. ## Impact A possible XSS vulnerability with certain configurations of Rails::HTML::Sanitizer may allow an attacker to inject content if HTML5 sanitization is enabled and the application developer has overridden the sanitizer's allowed tags in either of the following ways: * allow both "math" and "style" elements * or allow both "svg" and "style" elements Code is only impacted if Rails is configured to use HTML5 sanitization, please see documentation for [`config.action_view.sanitizer_vendor`](https://guides.rubyonrails.org/configuring.html#config-action-view-sanitizer-vendor) and [`config.action_text.sanitizer_vendor`](https://guides.rubyonrails.org/configuring.html#config-action-text-sanitizer-vendor) for more information on these configuration options. Code is only impacted if allowed tags are being overridden. Applications may be doing this in a few different ways: 1. using application configuration to configure Action View sanitizers' allowed tags: ```ruby # In config/application.rb config.action_view.sanitized_allowed_tags = ["math", "style"] # or config.action_view.sanitized_allowed_tags = ["svg", "style"] ``` see https://guides.rubyonrails.org/configuring.html#configuring-action-view 2. using a `:tags` option to the Action View helper `sanitize`: ``` <%= sanitize @comment.body, tags: ["math", "style"] %> <%# or %> <%= sanitize @comment.body, tags: ["svg", "style"] %> ``` see https://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/SanitizeHelper.html#method-i-sanitize 3. setting Rails::HTML5::SafeListSanitizer class attribute `allowed_tags`: ```ruby # class-level option Rails::HTML5::SafeListSanitizer.allowed_tags = ["math", "style"] # or Rails::HTML5::SafeListSanitizer.allowed_tags = ["svg", "style"] ``` (note that this class may also be referenced as `Rails::Html::SafeListSanitizer`) 4. using a `:tags` options to the Rails::HTML5::SafeListSanitizer instance method `sanitize`: ```ruby # instance-level option Rails::HTML5::SafeListSanitizer.new.sanitize(@article.body, tags: ["math", "style"]) # or Rails::HTML5::SafeListSanitizer.new.sanitize(@article.body, tags: ["svg", "style"]) ``` (note that this class may also be referenced as `Rails::Html::SafeListSanitizer`) 5. setting ActionText::ContentHelper module attribute `allowed_tags`: ```ruby ActionText::ContentHelper.allowed_tags = ["math", "style"] # or ActionText::ContentHelper.allowed_tags = ["svg", "style"] ``` All users overriding the allowed tags by any of the above mechanisms to include (("math" or "svg") and "style") should either upgrade or use one of the workarounds. ## Workarounds Any one of the following actions will work around this issue: - Remove "style" from the overridden allowed tags, - Or, remove "math" and "svg" from the overridden allowed tags, - Or, downgrade sanitization to HTML4 (see documentation for [`config.action_view.sanitizer_vendor`](https://guides.rubyonrails.org/configuring.html#config-action-view-sanitizer-vendor) and [`config.action_text.sanitizer_vendor`](https://guides.rubyonrails.org/configuring.html#config-action-text-sanitizer-vendor) for more information) - Or, independently upgrade Nokogiri to v1.15.7 or >= 1.16.8. ## 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) - Original report: https://hackerone.com/reports/2503220 ## Credit This vulnerability was responsibly reported by So Sakaguchi ([mokusou](https://hackerone.com/mokusou)) and [taise](https://hackerone.com/taise).
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references (11)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2024-53985cnnvd
- https://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/commit/b0220b8850d52199a15f83c472d175a4122dd7b1cnnvd
- https://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/commit/cd18b0ef00aad1d4a9e1c5d860cd23f80f63c505cnnvd
- https://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/releases/tag/v1.6.1Patchcnnvd
- https://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/security/advisories/GHSA-w8gc-x259-rc7xcnnvd
- https://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/commit/b0220b8850d52199a15f83c472d175a4122dd7b1enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/commit/cd18b0ef00aad1d4a9e1c5d860cd23f80f63c505enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/security/advisories/GHSA-w8gc-x259-rc7xenisa_euvd
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