GHSA-65cv-r6x7-79hv

Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-65cv-r6x7-79hv
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2020/03/GHSA-65cv-r6x7-79hv/GHSA-65cv-r6x7-79hv.json
Aliases
Published
2020-03-19T17:30:29Z
Modified
2024-02-16T08:23:07.935097Z
Details

There is a possible cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ActionView's JavaScript literal escape helpers. Views that use the j or escape_javascript methods may be susceptible to XSS attacks.

Impact

There is a possible XSS vulnerability in the j and escape_javascript methods in ActionView. These methods are used for escaping JavaScript string literals. Impacted code will look something like this:

<script>let a = `<%= j unknown_input %>`</script>

or

<script>let a = `<%= escape_javascript unknown_input %>`</script>

Releases

The 6.0.2.2 and 5.2.4.2 releases are available at the normal locations.

Workarounds

For those that can't upgrade, the following monkey patch may be used:

ActionView::Helpers::JavaScriptHelper::JS_ESCAPE_MAP.merge!(
  {
    "`" => "\\`",
    "$" => "\\$"
  }
)

module ActionView::Helpers::JavaScriptHelper
  alias :old_ej :escape_javascript
  alias :old_j :j

  def escape_javascript(javascript)
    javascript = javascript.to_s
    if javascript.empty?
      result = ""
    else
      result = javascript.gsub(/(\\|<\/|\r\n|\342\200\250|\342\200\251|[\n\r"']|[`]|[$])/u, JS_ESCAPE_MAP)
    end
    javascript.html_safe? ? result.html_safe : result
  end

  alias :j :escape_javascript
end

Patches

To aid users who aren't able to upgrade immediately we have provided patches for the two supported release series. They are in git-am format and consist of a single changeset.

Please note that only the 5.2 and 6.0 series are supported at present. Users of earlier unsupported releases are advised to upgrade as soon as possible as we cannot guarantee the continued availability of security fixes for unsupported releases.

Credits

Thanks to Jesse Campos from Chef Secure

References

Affected packages

RubyGems / actionview

Package

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0The exact introduced commit is unknown
Fixed
5.2.4.2

Affected versions

4.*

4.1.0.beta1
4.1.0.beta2
4.1.0.rc1
4.1.0.rc2
4.1.0
4.1.1
4.1.2.rc1
4.1.2.rc2
4.1.2.rc3
4.1.2
4.1.3
4.1.4
4.1.5
4.1.6.rc1
4.1.6.rc2
4.1.6
4.1.7
4.1.7.1
4.1.8
4.1.9.rc1
4.1.9
4.1.10.rc1
4.1.10.rc2
4.1.10.rc3
4.1.10.rc4
4.1.10
4.1.11
4.1.12.rc1
4.1.12
4.1.13.rc1
4.1.13
4.1.14.rc1
4.1.14.rc2
4.1.14
4.1.14.1
4.1.14.2
4.1.15.rc1
4.1.15
4.1.16.rc1
4.1.16
4.2.0.beta1
4.2.0.beta2
4.2.0.beta3
4.2.0.beta4
4.2.0.rc1
4.2.0.rc2
4.2.0.rc3
4.2.0
4.2.1.rc1
4.2.1.rc2
4.2.1.rc3
4.2.1.rc4
4.2.1
4.2.2
4.2.3.rc1
4.2.3
4.2.4.rc1
4.2.4
4.2.5.rc1
4.2.5.rc2
4.2.5
4.2.5.1
4.2.5.2
4.2.6.rc1
4.2.6
4.2.7.rc1
4.2.7
4.2.7.1
4.2.8.rc1
4.2.8
4.2.9.rc1
4.2.9.rc2
4.2.9
4.2.10.rc1
4.2.10
4.2.11
4.2.11.1
4.2.11.2
4.2.11.3

5.*

5.0.0.beta1
5.0.0.beta1.1
5.0.0.beta2
5.0.0.beta3
5.0.0.beta4
5.0.0.racecar1
5.0.0.rc1
5.0.0.rc2
5.0.0
5.0.0.1
5.0.1.rc1
5.0.1.rc2
5.0.1
5.0.2.rc1
5.0.2
5.0.3
5.0.4.rc1
5.0.4
5.0.5.rc1
5.0.5.rc2
5.0.5
5.0.6.rc1
5.0.6
5.0.7
5.0.7.1
5.0.7.2
5.1.0.beta1
5.1.0.rc1
5.1.0.rc2
5.1.0
5.1.1
5.1.2.rc1
5.1.2
5.1.3.rc1
5.1.3.rc2
5.1.3.rc3
5.1.3
5.1.4.rc1
5.1.4
5.1.5.rc1
5.1.5
5.1.6
5.1.6.1
5.1.6.2
5.1.7.rc1
5.1.7
5.2.0.beta1
5.2.0.beta2
5.2.0.rc1
5.2.0.rc2
5.2.0
5.2.1.rc1
5.2.1
5.2.1.1
5.2.2.rc1
5.2.2
5.2.2.1
5.2.3.rc1
5.2.3
5.2.4.rc1
5.2.4
5.2.4.1

Database specific

{
    "last_known_affected_version_range": "<= 5.2.4.1"
}

RubyGems / actionview

Package

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.0.0
Fixed
6.0.2.2

Affected versions

6.*

6.0.0
6.0.1.rc1
6.0.1
6.0.2.rc1
6.0.2.rc2
6.0.2
6.0.2.1

Database specific

{
    "last_known_affected_version_range": "<= 6.0.2.1"
}