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CVE-2018-16468
In the Loofah gem for Ruby, through v2.2.2, unsanitized JavaScript may occur in sanitized output when a crafted SVG element is republished.
Medium5.4EPSS 0.92%
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- hackerone
Description
In the Loofah gem for Ruby, through v2.2.2, unsanitized JavaScript may occur in sanitized output when a crafted SVG element is republished.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.4 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.92% · top 40% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.4.
Weakness
Affected products
Loofah (Ruby Gem)
- affected v2.2.3
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- RubyGemsloofahGHSA-g4xq-jx4w-4cjv (opens in a new tab)
References (2)
- DSA-4364 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://github.com/flavorjones/loofah/issues/154 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-g4xq-jx4w-4cjv (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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