GHSA-pg8v-g4xq-hww9
Rails::Html::Sanitizer vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| RubyGems | rails-html-sanitizer | < 1.4.3 | 1.4.3 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
Versions of Rails::Html::Sanitizer prior to version 1.4.3 are vulnerable to XSS with certain configurations of Rails::Html::Sanitizer which allows an attacker to inject content when 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 may be done via application configuration: ```ruby# In config/application.rbconfig.action_view.sanitized_allowed_tags = ["select", "style"]```
see https://guides.rubyonrails.org/configuring.html#configuring-action-view
Or it may be done with a `:tags` option to the Action View helper `sanitize`: ```<%= sanitize @comment.body, tags: ["select", "style"] %>```
see https://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/SanitizeHelper.html#method-i-sanitize
It may also be done with Rails::Html::SafeListSanitizer directly:
```ruby# class-level optionRails::Html::SafeListSanitizer.allowed_tags = ["select", "style"]``` or with
```ruby# instance-level optionRails::Html::SafeListSanitizer.new.sanitize(@article.body, tags: ["select", "style"])```
All users overriding the allowed tags by any of the above mechanisms to include both "select" and "style" are recommended to upgrade immediately. A workaround for this issue can be applied by removing either `select` or `style` from the overridden allowed tags.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-32209
- https://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/commit/45a5c10fed3d9aa141594c80afa06d748fa0967d
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1530898
- https://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rails-html-sanitizer/CVE-2022-32209.yml
- https://groups.google.com/g/rubyonrails-security/c/ce9PhUANQ6s
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00012.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00045.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AGRLWBEB3S5AU3D4TTROIS7O6QPHDTRH
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NHDACMCLWE32BZZTSNWQPIFUAD5I6Q47
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AGRLWBEB3S5AU3D4TTROIS7O6QPHDTRH
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/NHDACMCLWE32BZZTSNWQPIFUAD5I6Q47