MEDIUM
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in lib/rails/html/scrubbers.rb in the rails-html-sanitizer gem before 1.0.3 for Ruby on Rails 4.2.x and 5.x allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted CDATA node
Published Feb 16, 2016
6.1
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.19%
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in lib/rails/html/scrubbers.rb in the rails-html-sanitizer gem before 1.0.3 for Ruby on Rails 4.2.x and 5.x allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted CDATA node.
Affected products
No data.
AND
- ≤ 1.0.2
Running on/with
OR
- 4.2.0
- 4.2.0
- 4.2.0
- 4.2.0
- 4.2.0
- 4.2.0
- 4.2.0
- 4.2.0
- 4.2.1
- 4.2.1
- 4.2.1
- 4.2.1
- 4.2.1
- 4.2.2
- 4.2.3
- 4.2.3
- 4.2.4
- 4.2.4
- 4.2.5
- 4.2.5
- 4.2.5
- 4.2.5.1
- 4.2.5.2
- 4.2.6
- 5.0.0
- 5.0.0
- 5.0.0
- 5.0.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
6.1 MEDIUM NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Impact Low
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact None
4.3 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.19% 0.02188
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02188
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 2.19% (0.02188) | 81.78th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.05% (0.02047) | 78.64th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.45% (0.00447) | 61.43th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.26% (0.00257) | 65.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.26% (0.00257) | 64.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.26% (0.00257) | 61.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (10)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00014.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00024.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/15 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ghqm-pgxj-37gq Advisory
- https://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/commit/63903b0eaa6d2a4e1c91bc86008256c4c8335e78 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/uh--W4TDwmI/m_CVZtdbFQAJ mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7580
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160128075017/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00014.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00024.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/15 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ghqm-pgxj-37gq | Advisory | |
| https://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/commit/63903b0eaa6d2a4e1c91bc86008256c4c8335e78 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/uh--W4TDwmI/m_CVZtdbFQAJ | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7580 | ||
| https://web.archive.org/web/20160128075017/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Feb 16, 2016
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Sep 29, 2015
Link CVE-2015-7580
CISA Vulnrichment
GHSA-GHQM-PGXJ-37GQ Updated n/a