CVE-2015-7579 json
rails-html-sanitizer Cross-site Scripting vulnerability
published 2016-02-16 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-r9c2-cr39-c8g6 , EUVD-2017-0299
- cvss
- 6.1
- version 3.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 2.6%
- EPSS 2.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 85%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the rails-html-sanitizer gem 1.0.2 for Ruby on Rails 4.2.x and 5.x allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an HTML entity that is mishandled by the Rails::Html::FullSanitizer class.
Patch / fix
- rubygems rails-html-sanitizer 1.0.3
- ruby-rails-html-sanitizer Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.0.3-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-7579
- portus SLE Module for Containers 12 2.0.3-2.4
- rubygem-rails-html-sanitizer Enterprise Storage 2.1 1.0.2-7.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:1146-1SUSE-SU-2016:0391-1
- rubygem-rails-html-sanitizer openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.6.0-1.9
- rubygem-rails-html-sanitizer openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.6.0-1.7
- rubygem-rails-html-sanitizer openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.6.0-1.5
- rubygem-rails-html-sanitizer openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.4.3-1.1
- ruby3.2-rubygem-rails-html-sanitizer openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.5.0-2.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:10361-1openSUSE-SU-2025:15125-1openSUSE-SU-2024:14175-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12145-1openSUSE-SU-2024:13137-1
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2015-7579 updated cvss 4.3
rubygem-rails-html-sanitizer: XSS vulnerability in Action View's strip_tags function
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Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat productsnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
2.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 6.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| GitHub | 3.0 | 6.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| rubygems | rails-html-sanitizer | <1.0.3 |
1.0.3 |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
References
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github.com
/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/commit/49dfc1584c5b8e35a4ffabf8356ba3df025e8d3f
web
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lists.fedoraproject.org
/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178046.html
vendor-advisory, web
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html
vendor-advisory, web
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lists.fedoraproject.org
/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178064.html
vendor-advisory, web
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00024.html
vendor-advisory, web
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00014.html
vendor-advisory, web
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groups.google.com
/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/OU9ugTZcbjc/uksRkSxZEgAJ
mailing-list, web
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securitytracker.com
/id/1034816
vdb-entry
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openwall.com
/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/12
mailing-list, web
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nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7579
advisory
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github.com
/rails/rails-html-sanitizer
package
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web.archive.org
/web/20160128075017/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816
web
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2015-7579
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-r9c2-cr39-c8g6
- NVD CVE-2015-7579
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