CVE-2024-53986
mediumpriority · track · 24EPSS 0.005 · 41 %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. 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 where the "math" and "style" elements are both explicitly allowed. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.6.1.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 0.6–6.5
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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-638j-pmjw-jq48rails-html-sanitizer 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. * Versions affected: 1.6.0 * Not affected: < 1.6.0 * Fixed versions: 1.6.1 ## 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 the following way: - the "math" and "style" elements are both explicitly allowed 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. The default configuration is to disallow these elements. 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"] ``` 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"] %> ``` 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"] ``` (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"]) ``` (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"] ``` All users overriding the allowed tags by any of the above mechanisms to include both "math" and "style" should either upgrade or use one of the workarounds. ## Workarounds Any one of the following actions will work around this issue: - Remove "math" or "style" 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). ## 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/2519941 ## 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 (8)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2024-53986cnnvd
- https://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/commit/f02ffbb8465e73920b6de0da940f5530f855965ecnnvd
- https://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/releases/tag/v1.6.1Patchcnnvd
- https://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/security/advisories/GHSA-638j-pmjw-jq48cnnvd
- https://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/commit/f02ffbb8465e73920b6de0da940f5530f855965eenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/security/advisories/GHSA-638j-pmjw-jq48enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/commit/f02ffbb8465e73920b6de0da940f5530f855965ePatchnvd
- https://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/security/advisories/GHSA-638j-pmjw-jq48Vendor Advisorynvd
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