CVE-2023-23913 (Medium) detected in rails-5.2.4.5.gem

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CVE-2023-23913 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - rails-5.2.4.5.gem

Ruby on Rails is a full-stack web framework optimized for programmer happiness and sustainable productivity. It encourages beautiful code by favoring convention over configuration.

Library home page: https://rubygems.org/gems/rails-5.2.4.5.gem

Path to dependency file: /Gemfile.lock

Path to vulnerable library: /Gemfile.lock

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ rails-5.2.4.5.gem (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 81f8b3f5658022f994993a18a7653667705b7f6e

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

There is a potential DOM based cross-site scripting issue in rails-ujs from 5.1.0 before 6.1.7.3 and 7.0.0 before 7.0.4.3, which leverages the Clipboard API to target HTML elements that are assigned the contenteditable attribute. This has the potential to occur when pasting malicious HTML content from the clipboard that includes a data-method, data-remote or data-disable-with attribute.

Publish Date: 2024-12-07

URL: CVE-2023-23913

CVSS 3 Score Details (6.1)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: Required
  • Scope: Changed
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: Low
  • Integrity Impact: Low
  • Availability Impact: None

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2023-23913-dom-based-cross-site-scripting-in-rails-ujs-for-contenteditable-html-elements/82468

Release Date: 2024-12-07

Fix Resolution: rails - 6.1.7.3,7.0.4.3

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