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CVE-2023-23913

Published: Jan 9, 2025Updated: Jan 9, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-79
6.3MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.6%
Top 52.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

There is a potential DOM based cross-site scripting issue in rails-ujs which leverages the Clipboard API to target HTML elements that are assigned the contenteditable attribute. This has the potential to occur when pasting malicious HTML content from the clipboard that includes a data-method, data-remote or data-disable-with attribute.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:RS:UC:LI:LA:L
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:LAvailability
Low
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Weaknesses

CWE-79

Affected Products

Rails
oss-projectaka rails-html-sanitizer, activestorage
rails-ujsLibrary
OSS Libraries / web-framework
RubyGems
package-ecosystem
actionview
OSS Libraries

Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Execution
Initial Access
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References

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1033263
bugs.debian.org
https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2023-23913-dom-based-cross-site-scripting-in-rails-ujs-for-contenteditable-html-elements/82468
discuss.rubyonrails.org
https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/5037a13614d71727af8a175063bcf6ba1a74bdbd
github.com
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