Low severity · published Mar 23, 2026
CVE-2026-33168
Rails has a possible XSS vulnerability in its Action View tag helpers
2.3
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Action View provides conventions and helpers for building web pages with the Rails framework. Prior to versions 8.1.2.1, 8.0.4.1, and 7.2.3.1, when a blank string is used as an HTML attribute name in Action View tag helpers, the attribute escaping is bypassed, producing malformed HTML. A carefully crafted attribute value could then be misinterpreted by the browser as a separate attribute name, possibly leading to XSS. Applications that allow users to specify custom HTML attributes are affected. Versions 8.1.2.1, 8.0.4.1, and 7.2.3.1 contain a patch.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 52% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AC
actionview · rails
>= 8.1.0.beta1, < 8.1.2.1; >= 8.0.0.beta1, < 8.0.4.1; < 7.2.3.1 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33168
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-33168
github.com
https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/0b6f8002b52b9c606fd6be9e7915d9f944cf539c
github.com
https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/63f5ad83edaa0b976f82d46988d745426aa4a42d
github.com
https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/c79a07df1e88738df8f68cb0ee759ad6128ca924
github.com
https://github.com/rails/rails/releases/tag/v7.2.3.1
github.com
https://github.com/rails/rails/releases/tag/v8.0.4.1
github.com
https://github.com/rails/rails/releases/tag/v8.1.2.1
