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High · 7.1 CVE-2023-36823 EUVD-2023-2045GHSA-f5ww-cq3m-q3g7

Sanitize vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting via insufficient neutralization of `style` element content

Published Jul 6, 2023 · Updated Feb 13, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Sanitize is an allowlist-based HTML and CSS sanitizer. Using carefully crafted input, an attacker may be able to sneak arbitrary HTML and CSS through Sanitize starting with version 3.0.0 and prior to version 6.0.2 when Sanitize is configured to use the built-in "relaxed" config or when using a custom config that allows `style` elements and one or more CSS at-rules. This could result in cross-site scripting or other undesired behavior when the malicious HTML and CSS are rendered in a browser. Sanitize 6.0.2 performs additional escaping of CSS in `style` element content, which fixes this issue. Users who are unable to upgrade can prevent this issue by using a Sanitize config that doesn't allow `style` elements, using a Sanitize config that doesn't allow CSS at-rules, or by manually escaping the character sequence `</` as `<\/` in `style` element content.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
rgrove sanitize >= 3.0.0, < 6.0.2 —

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-sanitize 6.0.2-1 —
Debian 13 ruby-sanitize 6.0.2-1 —
Debian 12 ruby-sanitize 6.0.0-1.1+deb12u1 DSA-5616-1
Debian 11 ruby-sanitize 5.2.1-2+deb11u1 DSA-5616-1
Debian 10 ruby-sanitize 4.6.6-2.1~deb10u2 DLA-3652-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS ruby-sanitize 6.0.0-1ubuntu0.1 USN-6748-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS ruby-sanitize 4.6.6-2.1~0.20.04.2 USN-6748-1

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
RubyGems sanitize >= 3.0.0, < 6.0.2 6.0.2 GHSA-f5ww-cq3m-q3g7

Advisories 3

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