Ruby on Rails up to 3.2.22.2/4.2.7.0/5.0.0.0 Action View cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Ruby on Rails up to 3.2.22.2/4.2.7.0/5.0.0.0. This impacts an unknown function of the component Action View. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-6316. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ruby on Rails up to 3.2.22.2/4.2.7.0/5.0.0.0 (Programming Language Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Action View. 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 confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Action View in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.22.3, 4.x before 4.2.7.1, and 5.x before 5.0.0.1 might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via text declared as "HTML safe" and used as attribute values in tag handlers.

The weakness was shared 09/07/2016 by Andrew (Website). The advisory is shared for download at weblog.rubyonrails.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-6316 since 07/26/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 94081 (FreeBSD : Rails 4 -- Possible XSS Vulnerability in Action View (43f1c867-654a-11e6-8286-00248c0c745d)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 11831 (Ruby on Rails Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 3.2.22.3, 4.2.7.1 or 5.0.0.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (94081) and SecurityFocus (BID 92430†). The entry VDB-91365 is related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 94081
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : Rails 4 -- Possible XSS Vulnerability in Action View (43f1c867-654a-11e6-8286-00248c0c745d)
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OpenVAS ID: 866863
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for rubygem-actioncable FEDORA-2016-5760339e76
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Ruby on Rails 3.2.22.3/4.2.7.1/5.0.0.1

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07/26/2016 🔍
08/11/2016 +16 days 🔍
08/18/2016 +7 days 🔍
09/07/2016 +20 days 🔍
09/07/2016 +0 days 🔍
09/08/2016 +1 days 🔍
10/17/2016 +39 days 🔍
09/25/2024 +2900 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: RHSA-2016:1855
Researcher: Andrew
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-6316 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-6316
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-91364

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SecurityFocus: 92430 - Action View CVE-2016-6316 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/08/2016 21:58
Updated: 09/25/2024 08:58
Changes: 09/08/2016 21:58 (65), 04/12/2019 06:08 (13), 09/15/2022 09:00 (3), 09/25/2024 08:58 (16)
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