CVE-2016-6316
rails - security update
6.1
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.6%
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Action View in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.22.3, 4.x before 4.2.7.1, and 5.x before 5.0.0.1 might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via text declared as "HTML safe" and used as attribute values in tag handlers.
How to fix CVE-2016-6316
To remediate CVE-2016-6316, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2:4.2.7.1-1 or later
- —upgrade to 2:4.1.8-1+deb8u4 or later
- —upgrade to 3.2.22.3 or later
Is CVE-2016-6316 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 2:4.2.7.1-1
- from 0, < 2:4.1.8-1+deb8u4
- >= 3.0.0, < 3.2.22.3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |