CVE-2024-53988: rails-html-sanitizer has XSS vulnerability with certain configurations

December 2, 2024 (updated December 3, 2024)

There is a possible XSS vulnerability with certain configurations of Rails::HTML::Sanitizer 1.6.0 when used with Rails >= 7.1.0.

Versions affected: 1.6.0
Not affected: < 1.6.0
Fixed versions: 1.6.1

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-cfjx-w229-hgx5
github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer
github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/commit/a0a3e8b76b696446ffc6bffcff3bc7b7c6393c72
github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/security/advisories/GHSA-cfjx-w229-hgx5
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53988

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