CVE-2024-53988

rails-html-sanitizer is responsible for sanitizing HTML fragments in Rails applications. There is a possible XSS vulnerability with certain configurations of Rails::HTML::Sanitizer 1.6.0 when used with Rails >= 7.1.0. A possible XSS vulnerability with certain configurations of Rails::HTML::Sanitizer may allow an attacker to inject content if HTML5 sanitization is enabled and the application developer has overridden the sanitizer's allowed tags where the "math", "mtext", "table", and "style" elements are allowed and either either "mglyph" or "malignmark" are allowed. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.6.1.

CVSS v3 6.1 MEDIUM

6.1^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/commit/a0a3e8b76b696446ffc6bffcff3bc7b7c6393c72	Patch
https://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/security/advisories/GHSA-cfjx-w229-hgx5	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails_html_sanitizers:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:rails:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2024-12-02 22:15

Updated : 2025-08-15 18:51

NVD link : CVE-2024-53988

Mitre link : CVE-2024-53988

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-53988

JSON object : View

Products Affected

rubyonrails

rails_html_sanitizers

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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