#VU93641 Cross-site scripting in Ruby on Rails - CVE-2024-32464
Published: July 2, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU93641
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-32464
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Ruby on Rails
Ruby on Rails
Software vendor:
Rails
Rails
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 ActionText::Attachable::ContentAttachment when parsing attachments. A remote attacker can inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.