VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-6316
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…
MEDIUM 6.1EPSS 3.44%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.44%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 3.44% probability · 88th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- rubyonrails/rails · rubyonrails/ruby on rails · debian/debian linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1855.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1856.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1857.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1858.html
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2016/8/11/Rails-5-0-0-1-4-2-7-2-and-3-2-22-3-have-been-released/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3651Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/11/3Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92430
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/ruby-security-ann/8B2iV2tPRSE
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-6316
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1855.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1856.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1857.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1858.html
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2016/8/11/Rails-5-0-0-1-4-2-7-2-and-3-2-22-3-have-been-released/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3651Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/11/3Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92430
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/ruby-security-ann/8B2iV2tPRSE
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-6316
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.