In the Loofah gem for Ruby through v2.3.0 unsanitized JavaScript may occur in sanitized output when a crafted SVG element is republished.

Description

In the Loofah gem for Ruby through v2.3.0 unsanitized JavaScript may occur in sanitized output when a crafted SVG element is republished.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.6% · top 25% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.4.

Weakness

• CWE-79: Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Generic (CWE-79) (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-79 and its CVEs

Affected products

• Loofah (rubygem)

  • affected Fixed in v2.3.1

Affected packages

From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.

• RubyGemsloofahGHSA-c3gv-9cxf-6f57 (opens in a new tab)

References (7)

• https://hackerone.com/reports/709009 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://github.com/flavorjones/loofah/issues/171 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• DSA-4554 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191122-0003/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• FEDORA-2020-03c0964b6a (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2020-1ebc4b8284 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• USN-4498-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_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-c3gv-9cxf-6f57 (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

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Record last updated 5 Aug 2024, 00:49 UTC.