openEuler 20.03 LTS SP4 update for rubygem-actionview

1) DOM-based cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU73275

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [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/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-23913

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

Exploit availability: No

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in rails-ujs, which leverages the Clipboard API to target HTML elements that are assigned the contenteditable attribute. A remote attacker can inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

openEuler: 20.03 LTS SP4

rubygem-actionview-doc: before 5.2.4.4-2

rubygem-actionview: before 5.2.4.4-2

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:openeuler:openeuler:20.03:LTS SP4:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:openeuler:rubygem-actionview-doc:*:*:*:*:*:openeuler:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:openeuler:rubygem-actionview:*:*:*:*:*:openeuler:*:*

External links

https://www.openeuler.org/en/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2024-1774

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.