ActionText ContentAttachment can Contain Unsanitized HTML

CVE-2024-32464 → View on GitHub ↗ View on CVE.org ↗ View on NVD ↗

Description

Instances of ActionText::Attachable::ContentAttachment included within a rich_text_area tag could potentially contain unsanitized HTML.

This has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2024-32464.

Versions Affected: >= 7.1.0
Not affected: < 7.1.0
Fixed Versions: 7.1.3.4

Impact

This could lead to a potential cross site scripting issue within the Trix editor.

Releases

The fixed releases are available at the normal locations.

Workarounds

N/A

Patches

To aid users who aren't able to upgrade immediately we have provided patches for the supported release series in accordance with our maintenance policy regarding security issues. They are in git-am format and consist of a single changeset.

  • action_text_content_attachment_xss_7_1_stable.patch - Patch for 7.1 series

Credits

Thank you ooooooo_q for reporting this!

Basic information

Type
reviewed
Severity
medium
Advisory on GitHub
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Repository advisory
Open repository advisory ↗
Source code
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Published (advisory)
2024-06-04 22:26:22 UTC
Updated
2024-08-27 14:20:54 UTC
GitHub reviewed
2024-06-04 22:26:22 UTC
NVD published
2024-06-04

EPSS Score

Score Percentile
0.28% 50.95%

CVSS Scores

Base score Version Severity Vector
6.1 3.1 —
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
5.1 4.0 —
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and stable.
Attack requirements (AT:N)
No additional preconditions are required beyond normal reachability.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No privileges are required.
User interaction (UI:A)
User interaction is required in an active way.
Vulnerable system confidentiality impact (VC:N)
No confidentiality impact on the vulnerable system.
Vulnerable system integrity impact (VI:N)
No integrity impact on the vulnerable system.
Vulnerable system availability impact (VA:N)
No availability impact on the vulnerable system.
Subsequent system confidentiality impact (SC:L)
Limited confidentiality impact on subsequent systems.
Subsequent system integrity impact (SI:L)
Limited integrity impact on subsequent systems.
Subsequent system availability impact (SA:N)
No availability impact on subsequent systems.

Identifiers

Type Value
GHSA GHSA-prjp-h48f-jgf6 ↗
CVE CVE-2024-32464 ↗

CWEs

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

Credits

  • ooooooo-q (reporter)

Affected packages (2)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem Package Vulnerable range First patched Vulnerable functions
rubygems actiontext >= 7.1.0, < 7.1.3.4 7.1.3.4 —
rubygems actiontext = 7.2.0.beta1 7.2.0.beta2 —

References

cvelogic Threat Intelligence