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CVE-2024-26143: Rails Possible XSS Vulnerability in Action Controller

6.1 CVSS

Description

Rails is a web-application framework. There is a possible XSS vulnerability when using the translation helpers in Action Controller. Applications using translation methods like translate, or t on a controller, with a key ending in "_html", a :default key which contains untrusted user input, and the resulting string is used in a view, may be susceptible to an XSS vulnerability. The vulnerability is fixed in 7.1.3.1 and 7.0.8.1.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-26143

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 6.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected Products

Vendor: rails

Product: rails

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.15% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 52.48% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-03-14 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://github.com/rails/rails/security/advisories/GHSA-9822-6m93-xqf4
https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/4c83b331092a79d58e4adffe4be5f250fa5782cc
https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/5187a9ef51980ad1b8e81945ebe0462d28f84f9e
https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/possible-xss-vulnerability-in-action-controller/84947
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2024-26143.yml
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240510-0004/

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