CVE-2023-23913 (GCVE-0-2023-23913)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-01-09 00:33 – Updated: 2025-01-09 17:09
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Summary
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.
Severity
6.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-01-09 17:07 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Rails rails-ujs Affected: 6.1.7.3 , < 6.1.7.3 (custom)
Affected: 7.0.4.3 , < 7.0.4.3 (custom)
Unaffected: 5.1.0 , < 5.1.0 (custom)
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