Fluid Attacks Database

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.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Component	Affected version	Patched versions
debian 12	rails	>=0 <2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-1	2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-1
debian 13	rails	>=0 <2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-1	2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-1
debian 14	rails	>=0 <2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-1	2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-1
rubygems	actionview	>=5.1.0 <6.1.7.3 \|\| >=7.0.0 <7.0.4.3	6.1.7.3, 7.0.4.3

Aliases

1. CVE-2023-239132. NVD-2023-239133. OSV-DEBIAN-2023-239134. OSV-2023-239135. GCVE-2023-239136. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2023-23913

References

1. https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/5037a13614d71727af8a175063bcf6ba1a74bdbd2. https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/73009ea59a811b28e8ec2a9c9bc24635aa8912143. https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=10332634. https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2023-23913-dom-based-cross-site-scripting-in-rails-ujs-for-contenteditable-html-elements/824685. https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionview/CVE-2023-23913.yml6. https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240605-00077. https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5389

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