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Medium · 6.1 CVE-2022-32209 EUVD-2022-6111GHSA-pg8v-g4xq-hww9

Rails::Html::Sanitizer vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

Published Jun 24, 2022 · Updated Nov 3, 2025 · Assigned by hackerone

Description

# Possible XSS Vulnerability in Rails::Html::SanitizerThere is a possible XSS vulnerability with certain configurations of Rails::Html::Sanitizer.This vulnerability has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2022-32209.Versions Affected: ALLNot affected: NONEFixed Versions: v1.4.3## ImpactA possible XSS vulnerability with certain configurations of Rails::Html::Sanitizer may allow an attacker to inject content if the application developer has overridden the sanitizer's allowed tags to allow both `select` and `style` elements.Code is only impacted if allowed tags are being overridden. This may be done via application configuration:```ruby# In config/application.rbconfig.action_view.sanitized_allowed_tags = ["select", "style"]```see https://guides.rubyonrails.org/configuring.html#configuring-action-viewOr it may be done with a `:tags` option to the Action View helper `sanitize`:```<%= sanitize @comment.body, tags: ["select", "style"] %>```see https://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/SanitizeHelper.html#method-i-sanitizeOr it may be done with Rails::Html::SafeListSanitizer directly:```ruby# class-level optionRails::Html::SafeListSanitizer.allowed_tags = ["select", "style"]```or```ruby# instance-level optionRails::Html::SafeListSanitizer.new.sanitize(@article.body, tags: ["select", "style"])```All users overriding the allowed tags by any of the above mechanisms to include both "select" and "style" should either upgrade or use one of the workarounds immediately.## ReleasesThe FIXED releases are available at the normal locations.## WorkaroundsRemove either `select` or `style` from the overridden allowed tags.## CreditsThis vulnerability was responsibly reported by [windshock](https://hackerone.com/windshock?type=user).

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— https://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer v1.4.3 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 ruby-rails-html-sanitizer 1.4.3-0.1 —
Debian 13 ruby-rails-html-sanitizer 1.4.3-0.1 —
Debian 12 ruby-rails-html-sanitizer 1.4.3-0.1 —
Debian 11 ruby-rails-html-sanitizer 1.3.0-1+deb11u1 DLA-3902-1
Debian 10 ruby-rails-html-sanitizer 1.0.4-1+deb10u1 DLA-3227-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS ruby-rails-html-sanitizer No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS ruby-rails-html-sanitizer No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS ruby-rails-html-sanitizer No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ruby-rails-html-sanitizer No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Red Hat Satellite Utils 6 foreman +1 3.3.0.17-1.el8sat RHSA-2022:8506
Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6 foreman +1 3.3.0.17-1.el8sat RHSA-2022:8506
Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6 python-django +1 3.2.14-2.el8pc RHSA-2022:8506
Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6 rubygem-nokogiri 1.13.8-1.el8sat RHSA-2022:8506
Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6 rubygem-sinatra 1:2.2.0-1.el8sat RHSA-2022:8506
Red Hat Satellite 6 candlepin +1 4.1.15-1.el8sat RHSA-2022:8506
Red Hat Satellite 6 foreman +13 3.3.0.17-1.el8sat RHSA-2022:8506
Red Hat Satellite 6 python-django +1 3.2.14-2.el8pc RHSA-2022:8506
Red Hat Satellite 6 rubygem-git 1.11.0-1.el8sat RHSA-2022:8506
Red Hat Satellite 6 rubygem-nokogiri 1.13.8-1.el8sat RHSA-2022:8506
Red Hat Satellite 6 rubygem-rails-html-sanitizer 1.4.3-2.el8sat RHSA-2022:8506
Red Hat Satellite 6 rubygem-sinatra 1:2.2.0-1.el8sat RHSA-2022:8506

Rocky Linux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Rocky Linux 8 libdb 5.3.28-42.el8_4 RLSA-2022:8506
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP4 rubygem-rails-html-sanitizer 1.0.4-150000.4.3.1 SUSE-SU-2022:2870-1
SLES 15 SP3 rubygem-rails-html-sanitizer 1.0.4-150000.4.3.1 SUSE-SU-2022:2870-1
SLES 15 SP2 rubygem-rails-html-sanitizer 1.0.4-150000.4.3.1 SUSE-SU-2022:2870-1
SLES 15 SP1 rubygem-rails-html-sanitizer 1.0.4-150000.4.3.1 SUSE-SU-2022:2870-1
SLES 15 rubygem-rails-html-sanitizer 1.0.4-150000.4.3.1 SUSE-SU-2022:2870-1
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 rubygem-rails-html-sanitizer 1.0.3-8.11.1 SUSE-SU-2022:2885-1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 rubygem-rails-html-sanitizer 1.0.3-8.11.1 SUSE-SU-2022:2885-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed ruby3.2-rubygem-rails-html-sanitizer 1.5.0-2.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:13137-1
openSUSE Tumbleweed rubygem-rails-html-sanitizer 1.4.3-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:10361-1, openSUSE-SU-2025:15125-1, openSUSE-SU-2024:14175-1
openSUSE Leap 15.4 rubygem-rails-html-sanitizer 1.0.4-150000.4.3.1 SUSE-SU-2022:2870-1
openSUSE Leap 15.3 rubygem-rails-html-sanitizer 1.0.4-150000.4.3.1 SUSE-SU-2022:2870-1

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
RubyGems rails-html-sanitizer < 1.4.3 1.4.3 GHSA-pg8v-g4xq-hww9

Advisories 12

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