CVE-2015-3226
medium
CVSS v3
—
CVSS v2
4.3
VIR risk
4.3
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in json/encoding.rb in Active Support in Ruby on Rails 3.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.11 and 4.2.x before 4.2.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted Hash that is mishandled during JSON encoding.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3226
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/7VlB_pck3hU/3QZrGIaQW6cJ
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2:4.2.4-2 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2:4.2.4-2 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2:4.2.4-2 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2:4.2.4-2 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2:4.2.4-2 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| RubyGems | activesupport | !< 4.1.0||<>= 4.2.2 | >= 4.2.2 |
| RubyGems | activesupport | >=4.1.0,<4.1.11 | 4.1.11 |
| RubyGems | activesupport | >=4.2.0,<4.2.2 | 4.2.2 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.0.0 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.1.0 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.2.0 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.2.1 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.2.2 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.2.3 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.2.4 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.2.5 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.2.6 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.2.7 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.2.8 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.2.9 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.2.10 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.2.11 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.2.12 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.2.13 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.2.15 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.2.16 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.2.17 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 4.1.0 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 4.1.1 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 4.1.2 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 4.1.3 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 4.1.4 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 4.1.5 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 4.1.6 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 4.1.7 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 4.1.8 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 4.2.0 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 4.2.1 | |
| rubyonrails | ruby_on_rails | 3.2.14 | |
References
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ruby-security-ann/7VlB_pck3hU
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/16/17
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75231
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033755
- https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/7VlB_pck3hU/3QZrGIaQW6cJ
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3226
- https://github.com/rails/rails
- https://groups.google.com/g/rubyonrails-core/c/qBUqVlXERag/m/kuH3wQk1kxUJ
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200228033946/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75231
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200517005133/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033755
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3226
CWEs
CWE-79
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.