Medium severity · published May 26, 2022
CVE-2022-27777
A XSS Vulnerability in Action View tag helpers >= 5.2.0 and < 5.2.0 which would allow an attacker to inject content if able to control input into specific attributes
6.1
CVSS
1.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A XSS Vulnerability in Action View tag helpers >= 5.2.0 and < 5.2.0 which would allow an attacker to inject content if able to control input into specific attributes.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.7% · higher than 77% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AC
Actionpack · Rubyonrails
before 5.2.7.1; 6.0.0 before 6.0.4.8; 6.1.0 before 6.1.5.1; 7.0.0 before 7.0.2.4 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-27777
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-27777
Exploit
https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2022-27777-possible-xss-vulnerability-in-action-view-tag-helpers/80534
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00002.html
www.debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5372
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