Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in json/encoding.rb in Active Support in Ruby on Rails 3.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.11 and 4.2.x before 4.2.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted Hash that is mishandled during JSON encoding.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2015-3226 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score | 4.3 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | None |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1 | rubygem-activesupport | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1 | ruby193-rubygem-activesupport | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | ruby193-rubygem-activesupport | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | rh-ror41-rubygem-activesupport | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | ror40-rubygem-activesupport | Not affected |
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