GHSA-228g-948r-83gx
Suggest an improvement- Source
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-228g-948r-83gx
- Import Source
- https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/12/GHSA-228g-948r-83gx/GHSA-228g-948r-83gx.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-228g-948r-83gx
- Aliases
- Published
- 2022-12-13T17:39:36Z
- Modified
- 2025-11-05T00:41:42.605075Z
- Severity
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- 6.1 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- Improper neutralization of data URIs may allow XSS in Loofah
- Details
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Summary
Loofah
>= 2.1.0, < 2.19.1is vulnerable to cross-site scripting via theimage/svg+xmlmedia type in data URIs.Mitigation
Upgrade to Loofah
>= 2.19.1.Severity
The Loofah maintainers have evaluated this as Medium Severity 6.1.
References
- CWE - CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (4.9)
- SVG MIME Type (image/svg+xml) is misleading to developers · Issue #266 · w3c/svgwg
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1694173
- https://github.com/flavorjones/loofah/issues/101
Credit
This vulnerability was responsibly reported by Maciej Piechota (@haqpl).
- Database specific
{ "github_reviewed_at": "2022-12-13T17:39:36Z", "nvd_published_at": "2022-12-14T14:15:00Z", "cwe_ids": [ "CWE-79" ], "severity": "MODERATE", "github_reviewed": true }- References
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- https://github.com/flavorjones/loofah/security/advisories/GHSA-228g-948r-83gx
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23515
- https://github.com/flavorjones/loofah/issues/101
- https://github.com/w3c/svgwg/issues/266
- https://github.com/flavorjones/loofah/commit/415677f3cf7f9254f42f811e784985cd63c7407f
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1694173
- https://github.com/flavorjones/loofah
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/loofah/CVE-2022-23515.yml
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00011.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00044.html
Affected packages
RubyGems / loofah
Package
- Name
- loofah
- Purl
- pkg:gem/loofah