CVE-2015-3226

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

• v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.21%• Percentile: 44%

Techniques & Countermeasures

• CWE-79•Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

  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.

Affected Systems

• rubyonrails•rails

  3.0.0 | 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

• rubyonrails•ruby_on_rails

  3.2.14

References (5)

• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033755
• https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/7VlB_pck3hU/3QZrGIaQW6cJ
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75231
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/16/17
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464