ViewComponent up to 2.31.1/2.49.0 on Ruby on Rails view_component translate cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in ViewComponent up to 2.31.1/2.49.0 on Ruby on Rails. It has been rated as problematic. This affects the function translate of the component view_component. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2022-24722. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in ViewComponent up to 2.31.1/2.49.0 on Ruby on Rails. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects the function translate of the component view_component. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity.

The weakness was published 03/03/2022 as GHSA-cm9w-c4rj-r2cf. It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-24722 since 02/10/2022. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 2.31.2 or 2.49.1 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com. Applying the patch 3f82a6e62578ff6f361aba24a1feb2caccf83ff9 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Name

• ViewComponent

Version

• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4
• 2.5
• 2.6
• 2.7
• 2.8
• 2.9
• 2.10
• 2.11
• 2.12
• 2.13
• 2.14
• 2.15
• 2.16
• 2.17
• 2.18
• 2.19
• 2.20
• 2.21
• 2.22
• 2.23
• 2.24
• 2.25
• 2.26
• 2.27
• 2.28
• 2.29
• 2.30
• 2.31
• 2.31.0
• 2.31.1
• 2.32
• 2.33
• 2.34
• 2.35
• 2.36
• 2.37
• 2.38
• 2.39
• 2.40
• 2.41
• 2.42
• 2.43
• 2.44
• 2.45
• 2.46
• 2.47
• 2.48
• 2.49.0

License

• open-source

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