CVE-2024-28199CWE-79

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) possible with maliciously formed HTML attribute names and values in Phlex

High · published March 11, 2024

CVSS v3.1
7.1
EPSS
1%
Percentile
48.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

phlex is an open source framework for building object-oriented views in Ruby. There is a potential cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that can be exploited via maliciously crafted user data. This was due to improper case-sensitivity in the code that was meant to prevent these attacks. If you render an `<a>` tag with an `href` attribute set to a user-provided link, that link could potentially execute JavaScript when clicked by another user. If you splat user-provided attributes when rendering any HTML tag, malicious event attributes could be included in the output, executing JavaScript when the events are triggered by another user. Patches are available on RubyGems for all 1.x minor versions. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should consider configuring a content security policy that does not allow `unsafe-inline`.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00604 · 48.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Published
2024-03-11T22:50Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 MAR 22:50Z
    Cross-site Scripting (XSS) possible with maliciously formed HTML attribute names and values in Phlex
    cvelistv5