4.3

CVE-2015-3226: rubyonrails rails

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2015-3226DEBIAN-CVE-2015-3226GHSA-vxvp-4xwc-jpp6
Published 26-07-2015Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-3226 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability in rubyonrails rails. EPSS estimates a 2.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 4.3, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.78%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 2
DSA-3464-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10574-1SUSE-SU-2016:0082-1

Timeline

  1. 26-07-2015
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in json/encoding.rb in Active Support in Ruby on Rails 3.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.11 and 4.2.x before 4.2.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted Hash that is mishandled during JSON encoding.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.78%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

86%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 2.78% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Rubyonrails2 products
  • railsEOL3.0.0 | 3.1.0 | 3.2.0 | 3.2.1 | 3.2.2 | 3.2.3 | 3.2.4 | 3.2.5 | 3.2.6 | 3.2.7 | 3.2.8 | 3.2.9 | 3.2.10 | 3.2.11 | 3.2.12 | 3.2.13 | 3.2.15 | 3.2.16 | 3.2.17 | 4.1.0 | 4.1.1 | 4.1.2 | 4.1.3 | 4.1.4 | 4.1.5 | 4.1.6 | 4.1.7 | 4.1.8 | 4.2.0 | 4.2.1
  • ruby_on_rails3.2.14
Debian1 product
  • rails< 2:4.2.4-2
RubyGems1 product
  • activesupport≥ 4.1.0, < 4.1.11 | ≥ 4.2.0, < 4.2.2
Ubuntu1 product
  • rails< 2:4.2.5-1

4 vendors · 5 products

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