CVE-2026-25500 (GCVE-0-2026-25500)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-18 18:59 – Updated: 2026-02-18 19:42
VLAI
Title
Rack's Stored XSS in Rack::Directory via javascript: filenames rendered into anchor href
Summary
Rack is a modular Ruby web server interface. Prior to versions 2.2.22, 3.1.20, and 3.2.5, `Rack::Directory` generates an HTML directory index where each file entry is rendered as a clickable link. If a file exists on disk whose basename starts with the `javascript:` scheme (e.g. `javascript:alert(1)`), the generated index contains an anchor whose `href` is exactly `javascript:alert(1)`. Clicking the entry executes JavaScript in the browser (demonstrated with `alert(1)`). Versions 2.2.22, 3.1.20, and 3.2.5 fix the issue.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
rack rack Affected: < 2.2.22
Affected: >= 3.0.0.beta1, < 3.1.20
Affected: >= 3.2.0, < 3.2.5
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