CVE-2022-23515

Improper neutralization of data URIs may allow XSS in Loofah

Published: Dec 14, 2022Updated: Nov 3, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-79

6.1MEDIUM

Description

Loofah is a general library for manipulating and transforming HTML/XML documents and fragments, built on top of Nokogiri. Loofah >= 2.1.0, < 2.19.1 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting via the image/svg+xml media type in data URIs. This issue is patched in version 2.19.1.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:RUser Interaction

Required

Scope

S:CScope

Changed

Impact

C:LConfidentiality

Low

I:LIntegrity

Low

A:NAvailability

None

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

Affected Products

flavorjones

oss-projectaka loofah

loofahLibrary

OSS Libraries / rubygems

loofah project

oss-projectaka loofah

loofahLibrary

OSS Libraries / generic-library

debian

oss-project·GBaka debian gnu/linux

debian linuxOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

RubyGems

package-ecosystem

loofah

OSS Libraries

Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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References

https://github.com/flavorjones/loofah/security/advisories/GHSA-228g-948r-83gx

github.com

https://github.com/flavorjones/loofah/issues/101

github.com

https://hackerone.com/reports/1694173

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