GHSA-vxvp-4xwc-jpp6
Suggest an improvement- Source
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vxvp-4xwc-jpp6
- Import Source
- https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2017/10/GHSA-vxvp-4xwc-jpp6/GHSA-vxvp-4xwc-jpp6.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-vxvp-4xwc-jpp6
- Aliases
- Published
- 2017-10-24T18:33:36Z
- Modified
- 2025-11-04T21:04:17.912261Z
- Summary
- activesupport Cross-site Scripting vulnerability
- Details
-
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in
json/encoding.rbin Active Support in Ruby on Rails 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. - Database specific
{ "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T21:59:02Z", "nvd_published_at": "2015-07-26T22:59:05Z", "github_reviewed": true, "severity": "MODERATE", "cwe_ids": [ "CWE-79" ] }- References
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- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3226
- https://github.com/rails/rails
- https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/7VlB_pck3hU/3QZrGIaQW6cJ
- https://groups.google.com/g/rubyonrails-core/c/qBUqVlXERag/m/kuH3wQk1kxUJ
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200228033946/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75231
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200517005133/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033755
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/16/17
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464
Affected packages
RubyGems / activesupport
Package
- Name
- activesupport
- Purl
- pkg:gem/activesupport
RubyGems / activesupport
Package
- Name
- activesupport
- Purl
- pkg:gem/activesupport